US Glass Company

The US Glass Company was founded in Tiffin Ohio in 1891 (this was the hand-worked glass site. The automated cite was in Gas City, In). 17 years later it had grown to a staggering size – operating 11 plants with a working capital of over three million dollars.

The size of the company gave it unique exposure in the various newspapers of the day. For example, here’s a small clip from the Pittsburgh Gazette Times in 1908:

"This company manufactures pressed tableware, lead-blown stem ware, lead-blown tumblers, show jars, soda-fountain supplies, decorated ware (gold-etched, enameled, engraved and sand-blast), lamps, pressed stem-ware, pressed tumblers, pressed beer-mugs, confection-ware, novelties, private mold-work, photographers' goods, pavement lights, prism window-lights, wine sets, fancy-cut goods and other articles in glass."

You can’t beat good advertising!

Lots of Little Company’s = BIG presence

The US Glass Company wasn’t just one big firm. It was a lot of small companies united in a trust. You could find US Glass companies throughout the United States. Here is a list of some of their manufacturing facilities and the year they opened:

• Adams & Co. - Pittsburgh, PA 1891
• Challinor, Taylor & Co. – Tarentum PA 1891
• George Duncan & Sons Glass - Pittsburgh, PA 1891
• Richards & Hartley - Tarentum, PA 1891
• Gillinder – Greensburg PA 1891
• Hobbs Glass Co. – Wheeling West VA 1891
• Columbia Glass – Findlay OH 1891
• O'Hara Glass Co. - Pittsburgh, PA 1891
• Bellaire Goblet Co. - Findlay, OH 1891
• Nickel Plate Glass – Fostoria, OH 1891
• Doyle & Co. - Pittsburgh, PA 1891
• A. J. Beatty & Sons - Tiffin, Ohio 1892
• A. J. Beatty & Sons – Steubenville OH 1892
• Factory GP - Glassport, PA 1895

The main office for all work was in Pittsburgh PA in what had previously been the Ripley Glass facility.

Depression Glass:

The US Glass Depression Glass Patterns are:
Cherryberry
Aunt Polly
Floral and Diamond Band
Flower Garden with Butterflies
Primo (also known as Paneled Aster)
Strawberry
Swirl

Carnival Glass:

As with other manufacturers of the time, the bread and butter for US Glass was carnival glass. They had a variety of patterns and colors that remain popular with collectors today. These include:
Colors: marigold, honey amber, olive green, white, light marigold, and blue
Patterns: butterfly, rising sun, palm beach, Portland, omnibus, field thistle, diamond flute, cosmos & cane, cherry smash, buzz saw and shriner. See What is Carnival Glass?

Moon and Stars:

US Glass also manufactured the popular and long lasting Moon and Stars pattern in the 1890s.

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