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Over the next 25 years, he established glass factories in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia—which all failed. His fourth glass factory, that began production in 1922, was a success and still operates today (2024). This factory is located in Milton, West Virginia, and Blenko family members still lead the company.
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 ]
Milton is a town in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,831 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area .
Winslow George Anderson (May 17, 1917 – December 10, 2007) was an American artist, painter, ceramicist and glass designer from Plymouth, Massachusetts.A graduate of Alfred University's School of Ceramics, Anderson was a leading glass designer for the Blenko Glass Company of West Virginia (1946-1953) and design director for Lenox China and Crystal, located in Trenton, New Jersey (1953-1979).
A graduate of Alfred University's School of Ceramics, he became the leading glass designer for the Blenko Glass Company of West Virginia from 1946 through 1953. Anderson was a resident of Milton, West Virginia and beginning in 1948 he traveled regularly to the Republic of Haiti, where he searched out the works of local painters and metalsmiths ...
Fenton ceased "traditional" glassmaking at the Williamstown, West Virginia, factory in July 2011. However, the factory remained open as a jewelry making operation, producing handcrafted glass beads and Teardrop earrings. The Fenton Gift Shop, located in the same building, also had a large quantity of glass remaining in their inventory.
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company. The Hazel-Atlas Glass Company was a large producer of machine-molded glass containers headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was founded in 1902 in Washington, Pennsylvania, [1] as the merger of four companies: Hazel Glass and Metals Company (started in 1887) Atlas Glass Company (started 1896) Wheeling Metal Plant
In Blenko's case, slight imperfections were desired for the purpose of giving the flat glass the appearance of antique glass. [1] The standard (non-Blenko) cylinder method caused surface damages on the glass due to the flattening and moving, and the sheet therefore had to be ground and polished. In 1839 the Chance Brothers invented the patent ...