Simon Pearce is an Irish-American entrepreneur in glassblowing and pottery, who learned his trade in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Founded in 1971, Simon Peace originated as a small glassblowing workshop in Kilkenny, Ireland. In 1981, the operation moved to a historic woolen mill on the banks of the Ottauquechee River in Quechee, Vermont. Today Simon Pearce has production facilities in Vermont and Maryland and eight retail stores.