![]() ![]() ![]() William J Hodgetts patented glass-threading machine 6th May 1876. Formerly Hodgetts, Richardson & Pargeter (Philip Pargeter left to take over Red House glassworks). Benjamin Richardson, Philip Pargeter, William J Hodgetts (5 designs registered from 1865 to 1870) Importer'ġ design registered in UK in 1888. Fused & slumped glasswareģ6 designs registered, 1888-1900. (the 1965 catalogue can be seen at Higginsįrances Stewart & husband Michael Higgins (worked for Dearborn Glass 1958-66). Drinking-glasses, decanters, toilet articles etc Iniitally produced coloured glass rods for the Jablonec jewellery business, & blanks nearby refinieries. Merged with Zoude & Jambes glassworks in 1867 Moulds bought by Davidson's when the company folded in mid-1880sĬut & gilded glassware. Pressed glass (12 designs registered from 1874 to 1882). Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (1874 - mid 1880s) Importer & Agent'Īssistant to Marcel Goupy, as well as producing his own designsġ design registered in 1885. Listed as 'Frederick Augustus Heepe & Co, London. Merged with Josephinenhütte (see below)ġ design registered 1886. Max Rade, Ludwig Sütterlin (both from 1900), Willy Meitzen. ![]() Glass refiner & manufacturer (from 1889), reproducing 17th & 18th Century German glass. In 1964, 10 of the 12 plants in operation were sold to Brockway Glass Co, and it is unsure if the H-A trademark was used after that Continued to make containers, glassware & tableware into the 1960s. Became a subsidiary of Continental Can Co in 1957. Largest US manufacturer of glass containers. Ceased trading 1962, assets acquired by Tiffin Art Glass Company in 1964įusion of four companies: Hazel Glass & Metals Co (est 1887), Atlas Glass Co (est 1896), Wheeling Metal Plant, Republic Glass Co. By turn of the century, renowned for the finest cut glass. Two of their cut glass patterns won the Grand Prize in the Paris Exposition of 1889. Cutters of blanks from the Corning Glass Co. Their equipment was subsequently briefly used by the ill-fated, public-funded Sunderland Glassworks (closed after 18 months), then purchased & used by the English Antique Glass Co Ltd ( see current British glassworkers: C to F)Īrnost Hartmann & Hermann Dieterichs. Stained glass, specialising in streaky coloured glass, which they later used to produce vases. James Hartley (grandson of James Hartley of the Wear Glass Works) & Alfred Wood (took over sole control in 1908). Bought out by František Novosad (a former glassworker) in 1993, now operates as 'Sklárna Novosad & Syn Harrachov' Commonly referred to as Harrachov (Harrach's) Glassworks. Neuwelt (Nový Svêt), Bohemia (1763 to present)įormerly Neuwelt Glassworks (est. Wholesaler known to have imported from Elme, Gadderås, Alsterfors, Alsterbro, Reijmyre & Sölvehyttan (and probably others), including commissioned, non-catalogue items Name seen on silver/blue labels (also just as the initials G H) on imported 1950s Scandinavian & Murano glassware. Finally absorbed by Webb & Corbett in 1957 (2 designs registered 1934 & 1936) Leased space from Webb & Corbett 1955, from which date glass production ceased & the company only did decorating work. Went on to produce Art Glass and developed 'Johnolyth' glassware in 1931 (enamelled decoration sandwiched between two clear glass layers)Ĭut, engraved & cased glass. Taken over 1931 by John Walsh WalshĮrnst Hantich (1893-1978) leased the Niederspreschkau glassworks from Josef Fickl, initially producing blanks for the refineries of Haida & Steinschönau. Retailers & patentees (1849 & 1850) of double-walled silvered glass, which may have been manufactured for them by James Powell & Sons 282 designs registered 1929-1937įrederick Hale Thomson & Edward Varnish. Mainly lighting, but also cut, cased, coloured & enamelled tableware & decorative glass. Haida, Staatsfachschule (see Nový Bor Glass School)įormerly Ackroyd & Best. Sverre Pettersen (1928-49), Ståle Kyllingstad (1937-40s), Willy Johansson (1947-88), Herman Bongard (1947-55), Gerd Slang (1948-52, 1963-72), Arne Jon Jutrem (1950-), Severin Brørby (1956-60s), Benny Motzfeldt (1955-67), Gro Bergslien ( née Sommerfelt, 1964-70s), Jens W Berg (1951-80), Edla Freij (1970s), Jon Gundersen, Jonas HidleĬoloured fancy glass, including reproduction antique threaded ware, old English waved ware, old Irish bubbly glass, opaque white "splashed" ware & marbled effects similar to Gray-Stan Originally a bottle-manufacturer, began making table services etc. ![]()
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