Archaelogical information from Glass News May2004 published by
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF GLASS LIMITED
http://www.historyofglass.org.uk/pdfs/glass_news/glassnews15.pdf'Only two sites have so far been
investigated by excavation or watching brief. Debris
from Hawker’s glass-works was found in a former
water-channel during excavations in advance of the
Bull Ring development
and a watching brief on the
Aetna Glassworks revealed a probable annealing
furnace. Archaeological work is being required at two
other sites in advance of development: Oppenheim’s,
Birmingham’s first glassworks, on Snow Hill, where a
desk-based assessment suggests fragmentary survival,
and Soho (1805), where survival can be demonstrated
from a series of building plans. '