The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers is one of the Livery Companies

Livery Company

The Livery Companies are 108 trade associations in the City of London, almost all of which are known as the "Worshipful Company of" the relevant trade, craft or profession. The medieval Companies originally developed as guilds and were responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling,...

 of the City of London

City of London

The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...

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The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers and Looking-Glass Makers of London received its Charter in 1664. Initially founded to regulate the Glass Selling and Pot-Making industries within the City of London, the role of the livery company today is to:

Maintain cordial relationships within the Company, the City and the glass industry

Stimulate interest in glass in all its aspects

Carry out charitable works, with special emphasis on education

Maintain the Company's traditions, values and customs

Provide pastoral care for members in distress

Support the Lord Mayor & the Corporation of the City of London

The Glass Sellers' Company ranks seventy-first in the order of precedence

Order of precedence

An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of items. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments...

for Livery Companies. Its motto is Discordia Frangimur, Latin for Discord Weakens.

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