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The Fostoria Glass Company was a manufacturer of pressed, blown and hand-molded glassware and tableware.It began operations in Fostoria, Ohio, on December 15, 1887, on land donated by the townspeople.
The Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company was the largest manufacturer of glass lamps in the United States during the early 1890s. It began operations in Fostoria, Ohio, on May 17, 1890.
In the 1870s, former employees started the Bellaire Goblet Company and Riverside Glass Company. [105] In the 1880s, in addition to companies started by Owens, the Hazel Glass Company, Fostoria Glass Company, and Dalzell, Gilmore and Leighton Company were formed. [106] Additional 1880s companies were the Nickel Plate Glass Company and C.H.
Fostoria (/ f ɒ s ˈ t ʊər iː ə /, foss-TORR-EE-ə) is a city located at the convergence of Hancock, Seneca, and Wood counties [5] in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,046 at the 2020 Census , [ 6 ] slightly down from 13,441 at the 2010 Census . [ 7 ]
Examples of companies that relocated are Fostoria Glass Company, which moved from Fostoria to Moundsville, West Virginia; and Sneath Glass Company, which moved from Tiffin to Hartford City, Indiana. [81] Natural gas was first discovered in Indiana in Pulaski County in 1865. The drillers were searching for oil, but found only gas.
Both Crimmels worked at Hobbs, [13] and were employee shareholders of the Fostoria company. [14] Crimmel glass recipes were used to mix batches of glass during the company's earliest days. [15] [16] 8: Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company: Fostoria Ohio 1890 William S. Brady, Nicholas Kopp Jr. Former Hobbs bookkeeper Brady was on board of directors.
(An unrelated company called Fostoria Glass Novelty Company started about 25 years later.) [34] The company’s products were described in advertisements as "fine lead blown tumblers, bar goods, stemware, and novelties". [35] Pressed glassware was also part of the planning. In late 1890, Henry Crimmel had made a trip to Bellaire, Ohio, where he ...
Two large stained-glass windows installed by Hartford City Glass Company's Belgian glass workers A New England Glass Company ewer , 1840–1860 A Novelty Glass Company advertisement in 1891 An electrical insulator made by Whitall Tatum Company , circa 1922