Peloton Glass
Peloton Glass was first created in Bohemia circa 1880. Its technique involves rolling the glass ware directly from the furnace in colored glass threads.
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The Handel Company Handel & Co. was formed in 1892 when Philip Handel bought out the partner with whom he had formed Eyden & Glass Decorators seven years earlier. The company became Handel Company, Inc. in 1904. The new company began manufacturing leaded glass shades for oil and gas lamps, as well as the new ‘electroliers’, in the late 1890′s and continued doing so until they closed their doors in 1936. One of Handel’s [...] Click here to continue reading. Burmese Pattern Glass The Mt. Washington Glass works of Boston, Massachusetts, obtained a patent on Burmese Art Glass in 1885. The new glass form had been created for them by the Englishman Frederick Shirley and is characterized by a gradual shading of bright yellow at the base of the object to a pink at the top. This unique blend of colors was created by adding gold and uranium to the glass, which is thin [...] Click here to continue reading. Webb Glass Works Established circa 1835, Thomas Webb & Sons was one of England’s foremost art glass makers during the period from 1885 to 1935. From their glassworks in Stourbridge they were leaders in the European Art Nouveau Movement, contributing new glass forms such as Alexandrite, Cameo and other designs to the genre. In addition they borrowed the American forms of Peachblow and and Burmese designs for some of their most successful work. Only eight percent of all meteorites that fall to earth are iron meteorites, ninty-two percent are stony meteorites. Iron meteorites are fragments of the metal cores of asteroids from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Nickel frequently accounts for the second largest portion of iron meteorites. Memphis Novelty Works Swords The Memphis Novelty Works was the firm of Thomas Leech, and was organized in Memphis, Tenn. about September, 1861 to manufacture “army cutlery.” Along with Charles Rigdon, Leech produced various pattern swords at Memphis until about May 1, 1862, when, due to the danger of that city being captured, the firm moved to Columbus, Mississippi. Thereafter the firm was known as the “Novelty Works/Leech & Rigdon.” Open Lace Depression Glassware The “Open Lace” pattern was manufactured by the Hocking Glass Co. of Lancaster, Ohio from 1936 to 1938. It features a scalloped rim and center design of radial-lined sunbursts and is almost always found in pink. One variation of the pattern has a pierced or open border design. Founder R. Guy Cowan was born in East Liverpool Ohio and schooled at the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics (now Alfred University) with Charles Fergus “Daddy” Binns, the school’s director, commonly referred to as “The Father of American Studio Ceramics”. In 1908 Cowan relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, and taught ceramics at East Technical High School while continuing his own ceramic work and experimentation. Guy opened his own studio in 1912 [...] Click here to continue reading. Paul Revere designed the masthead for this newspaper;’ it is similar to his “sword in hand” logo. The Gazette’s masthead was engraved by Paul Revere and the paper was published by Edes and Gill, otherwise famous for the Boston tea party having been plotted in their back room. |
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