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Wire-mesh-reinforced glass in the Lloyd's Building. Wire mesh glass (also known as Georgian Wired Glass) has a grid or mesh of thin metal wire embedded within the glass. Wired glass is used in the US for its fire-resistant abilities, and is well-rated to withstand both heat and hose streams. This is why wired glass exclusively is used on ...
In 1890, the United States Glass Company formed a glass trust that included the George Duncan & Sons operation. [1] In 1892, their factory was destroyed by fire, relieving the company of their trust relationship. [1] After the fire, son-in-law Augustus Heisey left the company to begin his own glass manufacturing operation in Newark, Ohio. [1]
Highest listing price on eBay: $750 Hazel Atlas Blue Royal Lace stands out among Depression glass patterns, prized for its intricate design and vibrant cobalt blue hue. Produced between 1934 and ...
Glasfabrik Lamberts is the only independent manufacturer of cast glass [4] to produce profile glass, ornamental glass, wired glass and antimony-free solar glass. [ 5 ] Since 1996 the company has manufactured all its types of glass with the aid of an oxygen-fired glass melting furnace [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and sold them as EcoGlass , and it still the only ...
A spin-off of the original firm (which returned to its pharmaceutical glass roots) adopted the name in 2006. Founded in 1888 by Dr. Theodore Corson Wheaton, it became a major part of the economy of southern New Jersey, which had gained a reputation as the center of commercial glass manufacturing in the United States. [ 1 ]
In 1905, the Hocking Glass Company was founded by Isaac Jacob (Ike) Collins in Lancaster, Ohio, and named after the Hocking River. [2] In 1937, that company merged with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation , thus becoming Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation.
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Ewer made by Salviati & Co, now in Walters Art Museum.. A family called Salviati were glass makers and mosaicists in Murano, Venice and also in London, working as the firm Salviati, Jesurum & Co. of 213 Regent Street, London; also as Salviati and Co. and later (after 1866) as the Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company (Today Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia Murano).