A BRIEF TIMELINE

150+ YEARS OF AMERICAN GLASS AND HISTORY

1818-1888

• ¨ New England Glass Co., Cambridge MA

1827

• ¨ First pressed glass tumbler produced by the Boston & Sandwich Company, Boston MA

1828

• ¨ First glass pressing machine patented in America by Deming Jarves of Boston & Sandwich

1834-1951

• ¨ McKee Glass Co., Pittsburgh PA/Jeannette PA

1837-1901

• ¨ Victorian Era (Reign of Queen Victoria)

1850-1920

• ¨ Early American Pattern Glass Era

1861-1865

• ¨ American Civil War

1869-1900

• ¨ Mt. Washington Glass Co., New Bedford MA

1870’s-1930’s

• ¨ Louis Comfort Tiffany Glass, various locations

1880’s-1910

• ¨ Victorian Art Glass Era (Amberina, Burmese, Cranberry, Peach Blow, Wave Crest, etc.)

1880-1915

• ¨ American Brilliant Cut Glass Era

1880-Today

• ¨ Pairpoint Mfg. Co./Pairpoint Crystal Glass Co., New Bedford MA/Sagamore MA

1883

• ¨ Amberina Glass invented by New England Glass Co

1887-1986

• ¨ Fostoria Glass Co., Fostoria OH/Moundsville WVA (1982-Stemware production ceased when Fostoria was sold to the Lancaster Colony Corporation and they ended up closing the factory in 1986)

1887-1962

• ¨ Tiffin Glass Co., Tiffin OH

1888-1925

• ¨ Northwood Glass Company (various locations)

1889-1985

• ¨ Westmoreland Glass Co., E. Liverpool OH/Grapeville PA

1890-1915

• ¨ Custard Glass Era

1892-1935

• ¨ Libbey Glass Co., Toledo OH (1935-Today as a division of Owens-Illinois Glass)

1892-1916

• ¨ C.F. Monroe Glass Co., Meriden CT (Wave Crest)

1894-1903

• ¨ Greentown Glass made by Indiana Tumbler & Goblet Co.

1894-1967

• ¨ Consolidated Lamp & Glass Co., Coraopolis PA

1895-1958

• ¨ A.H. Heisey Glass Co., Newark OH

1896

• ¨ Victorian Peachblow Glass first made

1899-1937

• ¨ MacBeth Evans Co., Charleroi PA
  (1937 became part of Corning Glass Works)

1900-1915

• ¨ Art Noveau Period in America

1900-1930

• ¨ Art Glass Era (Art Noveau Style Tiffany, Steuben, etc.)

1900-1977

• ¨ Federal Glass Co., Columbus OH

1900-Present

• ¨ Jeannette Glass Co., Jeannette PA

1901-1910

• ¨ Edwardian Period (Reign of Edward VII)

1901-1933

• ¨ Fry Glass Co., Rochester PA

1901-1944

• ¨ New Martinsville Glass Co., New Martinsville WVA

1901-1954

• ¨ Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge OH

1901-1984

• ¨ Imperial Glass Co., Bellaire OH

1902-1956

• ¨ Hazel Atlas Glass Co., Wheeling WVA

1903-1932

• ¨ Liberty Works/Cut Glass Works, Egg Harbor NJ

1903-1972

• ¨ Morgantown Glass Works., Morgantown WVA

1903-Today

• ¨ Steuben Glass Co., Corning NY

1904-1913

• ¨ Dugan Glass Co., Indiana PA

1905-1920

• ¨ Arts and Crafts Period in America

1905-1937

• ¨ Hocking Glass Co., Lancaster OH (Became Anchor Hocking in 1937)

1906-Today

• ¨ Fenton Art Glass Co., Williamstown WVA

1907

• ¨ Indiana Glass Co., Dunkirk IN

1908-1937

• ¨ Lancaster Glass Co., Lancaster OH

1908-1920

• ¨ Carnival Glass Era (Pressed glass with iridized surface; overstock given away as carnival prizes)

1912

• ¨ Lotus Glass Co., Barnesville OH (Decorating Only)

1913-1931

• ¨ Diamond Glass Co., Indiana PA

1914-1918

• ¨ World War I

1916-1930’s

• ¨ Stretch Glass Era

1916-1951

• ¨ Paden City Glass Mfg. Co., Paden City WVA

1925-1940

• ¨ Art Deco Period

  1925 

FOSTORIA GLASS CO. PRODUCED THE FIRST ALL-GLASS DINNER SERVICE, WHICH WAS THE START OF THE “ELEGANT GLASS” ERA.

AUTOMATED MACHINES WERE INVENTED, AND MASS PRODUCED MACHINE-MADE GLASS IMITATING THE “BETTER” ELEGANT GLASS SOON FOLLOWED.  THIS IS NOW CALLED “DEPRESSION GLASS”

1925-1955

• ¨ Elegant Glass Era (Mainly handmade colored & crystal glass)

1928-1940’s

• ¨ Depression Glass Era (Mainly machine-made colored glassware)

1929-1939

• ¨ THE GREAT DEPRESSION

1932-1951

• ¨ Akro Agate Co., Clarksburg WVA

1936-1999

• ¨ L.G. Wright Co., New Martinsville WVA

1938-1987

• ¨ St. Clair Glass Co., Ellwood IA

1939-1945

• ¨ World War II

1945-1970

• ¨ Kemple Glass Co., East Palestine OH/Kenova WVA

1950-53

• ¨ Korean War

1950’s

• ¨ Modern Studio Glass Movement

1958

• ¨ Imperial Glass Co. bought assets of A.H. Heisey
• (“Heisey by Imperial”)

1959-1975

• ¨ Vietnam War (U.S. Involvement 1965-1973)

1960

• ¨ Imperial Glass Co. bought Cambridge Glass Co.

1970-1998

• ¨ Tiara Glass (Part of Lancaster Colony) Dunkirk IA

1973

• ¨ Lenox, Inc. bought Imperial Glass Co.

1978

• ¨ PORTLAND’S RAIN OF GLASS FORMED!