In the Nineteenth century, Bohemia, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was one of the most important manufacturing centers for both glass and lead crystal. It was here that Daniel Swarovski was born in 1862, the son of the owner of a small crystal-cutting factory.
Daniel whiled away his childhood years by watching, in amazement, the workers in his fathers factory, skillfully working the lead crystal blanks into things of beauty.
By the age of 21, having completed his crystal cutting apprenticeship by working at his fathers business and at other crystal-cutting shops, he ventured to Vienna, Austria, where the 1. Elektrische Ausstellung: the first-ever electrical exhibition was being held. Having seen electrical machines developed by others, including Edison, he left there inspired to develop an electrically powered crystal-cutting machine. It took him nine years, working day and night to achieve, but by 1892 he had registered his patent.
In addition to saving a vast amount of time, his machine enabled the skilled crystal-cutters to achieve uniformity and accuracy that was, up until that time, impossible to imagine.
Three years later, a much larger...
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