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Highest listing price on eBay: $850 Known for its distinctive mint-green hue and simple yet elegant design, Jeanette Jadeite explodes with vintage charm. Produced primarily in the 1930s and 1940s ...
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
The founder of Blenko Glass Company, William John Blenko (1854–1933), learned glassmaking at a bottle works in England. He began working at the plant at the age of 10. [1] Educated as a chemist, he learned to make antique sheet glass that had the look of stained glass windows from Medieval times. [2]
In 1839 the Chance Brothers invented the patent plate process where the glass plate was placed on a wet piece of leather and ground and polished to remove all the surface damage. [2] Other methods of producing hand-blown window glass included broad sheet, blown plate, crown glass and polished plate. These methods of manufacture lasted at least ...
Fenton had a long history of decorating glass that goes back to its beginnings in 1905. [1] The Fenton Art Glass company started out as a decorating company that purchased blanks from glass manufacturers and placed their own decorations on them. [2] Fenton did not manufacturer glass until 1907 a year after the Williamstown, WV plant was built. [2]
When the dazzling 16-foot-high leaded stained- glass window arrived in Canton in 1913, it made front-page news—and postponed the new church’s dedication by a week because of a shipping delay.
Some of the glassware advertised by the Nickel Plate Glass Company had a swirl design (collectors call it Nickel Plate Swirl). The glass was often colored, with the cap of the swirls having a soft white opalescence. [47] [Note 8] During January 1889, a glassware magazine commented on a new glassware pattern introduced by the Nickel Plate Glass ...
Emigh-Winchell Hardware Company: 1920s. Santa Claus is front and center in this display within a window display circa 1920s that's all about toy trucks, cars and bikes.