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The bright white milk glass bud vase that stood quietly on your mother’s kitchen shelf since the 1950s is actually an object with a history that dates to the Italian Renaissance era.
The Westmoreland Glass Company was founded in 1889 when a group of men purchased the Specialty Glass Company located in East Liverpool, Ohio, and moved it to Grapeville, Pennsylvania. [1] Grapeville was chosen as the location of the factory because the property had a large source of natural gas. George West served as president of the company ...
Milk glass is an opaque or translucent, milk white or colored glass that can be blown or pressed into a wide variety of shapes. First made in Venice in the 16th century, colors include blue, pink, yellow, brown, black, and white.
A peach glass over milk glass. [23] Gold overlay 1949 Milk glass with an amber overlay. [25] Green overlay 1949-53 Milk glass covered in green glass. [25] Ivy 1949-52 Dark green over white glass. [25] Rose overlay 1943-48 Milk glass cased with light pink glass. [25] Shelly Green overlay 1967 Colonial green over milk glass, used only on lamps. [23]
The history of glass-making dates back to at least 3,600 years ago in Mesopotamia. However, most writers claim that they may have been producing copies of glass objects from Egypt. [1] Other archaeological evidence suggests that the first true glass was made in coastal north Syria, Mesopotamia or Egypt. [2]
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The glass made using this formula had good enough quality that the company could compete in the high-end of the glassware market. [62] This improvement in the formula for glass was considered one of two great advances in American glassmaking during the 19th century, the other being the invention of pressing. [63]