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This company was one of the leading glass manufacturers in the United States during the 19th Century. Former employees of the Hobbs works were essential employees, founders, or top management for over 20 glass factories in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. Wheeling's Hobbs glass works was renamed multiple times during its ...
Harry Northwood c. 1912 Northwood glass works in West Virginia, October 1908. Harry Northwood who founded the company was the son of John Northwood, a noted maker of English cameo glass. [1] He came to America in 1880 and worked at J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company. [1] He worked as a glass etcher there from approximately 1881-1884. [2]
The original factory was in an old glass factory in Martins Ferry, Ohio, in 1905. [1] The factory at one time was owned by the former West Virginia Glass Company. [2] At first they painted glass blanks from other glass makers, but started making their own glass when they became unable to buy the materials they needed. [2]
Each year, Blenko Glass produces a limited-edition piece of glassware that becomes available around West Virginia Day. Production is limited to one for each year the state of West Virginia has existed. The tradition began in 1980. For 1980, West Virginia celebrated its 117th birthday, so Blenko produced 117 copies of a commemorative bowl. [100]
In 1930, the Eureka Art Glass Company changed its name to Blenko Glass Company. During the 1940s, the company began a practice of hiring glass designers who helped the company establish a reputation for contemporary art glass. By 1995, 70 percent of the company's business was glassware such as bottles, vases, and lamps.
The West Virginia Museum of American Glass is located in Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.It was formed in 1993 for charitable, educational and scientific purposes to discover, procure, publish and preserve whatever may relate to the glass industry in West Virginia, the United States of America, and where ever else glass has been manufactured. [1]
Museum of American Glass in West Virginia: Weston: Lewis: Mountain Lakes: Art: website, decorative glass pieces created by area glass manufacturers, includes National Marble Museum Museum of Radio and Technology: Huntington: Cabell: Metro Valley: Technology: Historic radios and equipment Museum of the Berkeley Springs: Berkeley Springs: Morgan ...
1882 Ohio railroad map for area around Fostoria. The Fostoria Glass Company was incorporated in West Virginia in July 1887. [14] The founders of the Fostoria Glass Company were drawn to Fostoria, Ohio, to exploit the newly discovered natural gas. The new firm also received cash incentives of $5,000 (equivalent to $169,556 in 2023) to $6,000 ...