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Milk glass – four pieces. Milk glass was first made in Venice in the 16th century (lattimo) as a translucent competitor for porcelain. Colors include blue, pink, yellow, brown, black, and white. Some 19th-century glass makers called milky white opaque glass "opal glass". The name milk glass is relatively recent. [2] [3]
This is a list of defunct glassmaking companies, ... 1840–1860 A Novelty Glass Company advertisement in 1891 An electrical insulator made by Whitall Tatum Company, ...
Milk glass pieces can range in value from $15-$25 for a small milk glass vase to hundreds of dollars for a large punchbowl set with matching cups in a highly decorative pattern in excellent condition.
Barge glass works: Jacob Barge began producing glass in 1760 in the Province of Pennsylvania. [116] The works was located in Bucks County close to Philadelphia. Archeological evidence indicates that window glass was made using the cylinder method. Various types of bottles were also made. The glass works appears to have operated through 1784. [117]
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 ...
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 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]
The glass used was crystal and seven colors of glass: amber, blue, green, pink, amethyst, brown, and ruby. Among Jamestown stemware, ruby is valued higher than other colors by collectors. [80] Among the milk glass patterns, Vintage was used for tableware and a few types of stemware from 1958 to 1965. [81]