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The writer is a master of glasswork (maitre verrier) and his way to describe the skill and the quest for new colours is magic.

The Allure of Hot Glass Heather McDougal 2007

As early as the thirteenth century the glassworkers of France had great privileges granted them, and an old proverb explains this by telling us that 'to make a gentleman glassworker -- _un gentilhomme verrier_ -- you must first get a gentleman.'

France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861

The _gentilhomme verrier_ had the right to carry a sword and to wear embroideries, to fish and to hunt, nor could the lord of a domain refuse to him, in return for a small fee, the right to cut whatever wood he needed for his furnaces, and to collect and burn the undergrowth into ashes for his manufacture.

France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861

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_gentilhomme verrier_ near St. Prest, in Anjou -- that is, he made glass -- decanters, water-bottles, tumblers, and all that, I suppose -- in spite of his nobility.

Peter Ibbetson George Du Maurier 1865