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2. Henry William Stiegel - Wikipedia

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   18th-century enameled bottle of the "Stiegel-type", in this case American. Stiegel advertised "enameled glass" for sale, and while he apparently did produce some actual enameled glass in his factory, it was long thought that this referred to the brightly colored style of "peasant glass" produced in Bohemia, Germany and Switzerland, some of which was imported to America.

3. Bakewell Glass - Wikipedia

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   Cut glass is glass designed by a skilled hand and requires high-quality ingredients. [7] Bakewell and Company also gained fame because it began producing the first successful American glassware containing lead oxide, known as lead crystal. [6] The title for who made the first pressed glassware in America was contested among John P. Bakewell ...

4. Cut glass - Wikipedia

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   Bowl of a wine glass in typical cut glass style Cut glass chandelier in Edinburgh. Cut glass or cut-glass is a technique and a style of decorating glass. For some time the style has often been produced by other techniques such as the use of moulding, but the original technique of cutting glass on an abrasive wheel is still used in luxury products.

5. 19th Century glassmaking innovations in the United States

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   Only ten glass manufacturers are thought to have been operating in 1800. High-quality glassware was imported from England, and glassmaking knowledge was kept secret. England controlled a key ingredient for producing high–quality glassware and kept its price high—making it difficult for American glass manufacturers to compete price-wise.

6. J.S. O'Connor American Rich Cut Glassware Factory - Wikipedia

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   The "Brilliant Period" in glass cutting occurred between 1880 and 1905. O'Connor designed many highly collectible patterns, such as Parisian, Florentine, and Princess, and also designed special cutting wheels for circular cuts, a vacuum device that prevented glasscutters from inhaling the ground glass, and a hardwood polisher.

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

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   One of the few successful American glass companies was the New England Glass Company, which was incorporated in 1818 and led by Deming Jarves—the "father of the American glass industry." [ 10 ] Using assistance from the Harvard University library and a British engineer named James B. Barnes , Jarves developed a way to produce red lead from ...