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The same pattern with the circle was also issued without the etching (frosting). [56] [Note 12] In early 1892, factories that were part of United States Glass Company (Factory O and Factory H) began making coin pattern glass. [59] [Note 13] The pattern looked like a United States coin embedded in the glassware. After about five months of ...
The company started out in Buffalo, New York in the 1939 as part of candlemaker Franklin Gurley's W&F Manufacturing Co. Inc. [3] At first the Gurley line was commissioned by the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (now ExxonMobil) as a way to reuse excess paraffin produced as a by-product of the oil refinery process.
Mechanical pressing of glass reduced the time and labor necessary to make glass products, which lowered costs and made glass products available to more of the public. [32] An 1884 U.S. government report considered mechanical pressing and a new formula for glass to be the two great advances in American glassmaking during the 19th century. [25]
The Buttler Art Glass site was offered for sale on February 20 and eventually sold to another group of investors (including Foster) that formed the Novelty Glass Company. [38] [Note 3] Despite the news releases about the new glass works, the Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company was not formally organized until after it was announced that Kopp was hired.
Advertisement for glassware made by the United States Glass Company. On February 9, 1891, the New York Times reported on the founding of the company, which included seventeen factories. After the companies combined, two new plants were built.
A pattern made by using opalescent glass that was a copy the Polka Dot Victorian pattern. [13] Dragon and Lotus This pattern is possibly available in more colors than other patterns. [14] Hobnail An even arrangement of bumps similar to that found on the bottom parts of hobnail boots. [15] Open Edge Also referred to as Basket weave.
The Baroque glass pattern was made by Fostoria from 1937 to 1965, and used for stemware and many types of tableware. [74] The Chintz pattern was made from 1940 to 1973. This etching pattern is a drawing of branches leaves and flowers, and was usually on the Baroque glass pattern. [75] The Colony pattern discussed earlier was introduced around ...
Pressed glass (or pattern glass) [1] is a form of glass made by pressing molten glass into a mold using a plunger. [2] Although hand pressed glass has existed for over 1,000 years, the use of a machine for pressing was first patented by Pittsburgh glass man John P. Bakewell in 1825 to make knobs for furniture.