The Ottauquechee River in Vermont surged through a corner of the old mill that houses the Simon Pearce shop, destroying the glassblowing furnace in the downstairs factory that drew thousands of tourists annually, many of them children, who had watched wide-eyed as candlesticks and glass bowls were fashioned before them by hand. Thousands of Canadian clients of Simon Pearce will know that Homefront is the largest independent distributor of his glass in Canada. Fortunately for Homefront, the current order has been shipped and we're told that work is going ahead quickly to get the glassblowing furnace room up and running again.
