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2. J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company - Wikipedia

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   John H. Hobbs, Charles W. Brockunier, William Leighton Sr. Products. Flint and fancy-colored glassware. Revenue. $325,000 (1873) Number of employees. 350 (1877) J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company was one of the largest and best-known manufacturers of glass in the United States during the 19th century. Its products were distributed worldwide.

3. Mercury glass - Wikipedia

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   Mercury glass (or silvered glass) is glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although mercury was originally used to provide the reflective coating for mirrors, elemental mercury was never used to create tableware. Silvered glass was free-blown, then silvered with a ...

4. List of defunct glassmaking companies - Wikipedia

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   Boston and Sandwich Glass Company. Brockway Glass Company. Brookfield Glass Company. Cambridge Glass. Carr Lowrey Glass Company. Chance Brothers. Chandos Glass Cone. Cheshire Crown Glass Company. Clayton and Bell.

5. Silvering - Wikipedia

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   Silvering. Silvering on the inside of a glass test tube. Silvering is the chemical process of coating a non-conductive substrate such as glass with a reflective substance, to produce a mirror. While the metal is often silver, the term is used for the application of any reflective metal.

6. Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   The Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company, also known as the Belknap Hardware Company or simply Belknap Hardware, was at one time a leading American manufacturer of hardware goods and a major wholesale competitor of retail sales companies Sears, Roebuck, and Company and Montgomery Ward. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Belknap excelled ...

7. Pier glass - Wikipedia

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   A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure. [1] It is therefore generally of a long and tall shape to fit the space. It may be as a hanging mirror or as mirrored glass affixed flush to the pier, in which case it is sometimes of the same shape and design as ...