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Edward Muhleman founded the Imperial Glass Company in Bellaire, Ohio in 1901, and the factory opened for business in 1904. The company initially made jars, bottles, lamps, and tableware, and offered grades ranging from expensive 'mirror glass' to lower-priced pressed glass.
After a somewhat successful attempt to enter the high-end art glass market in the 1920s, the company introduced its successful 'Candlewick' glassware pattern in the 1930s, with colorless glass decorated by a border of spaced beading. Over the years, Imperial introduced other successful lines including cut glass ('NUCUT'), iridescent glass ('NUART') and its collectible 'Cape Cod' line, made to be given away with Quaker Oats products.
My mother was our inspiration for collecting pattern glass. She collected it, and she died at a very young ag… [more]
I started collecting cut glass when I was about 18. My sisters were married, and during the summer, I would g… [more]
Our newest book is actually the fully revised and expanded second edition of our first book. It came out orig… [more]
David Doty's incredible, comprehensive and colorful Carnival Glass reference site, with over 1,600 pages and 4,000 … [read review or visit site]
A great starting point for collectors interested in Depression glass. Features in-depth reference articles on topic… [read review or visit site]
This excellent milk glass reference site is definitely not for the lactose intolerant. Includes seven high resoluti… [read review or visit site]
This extensive reference on 'carnival glass,' which became popular in the early 1900s, is divided into three sectio… [read review or visit site]
A great reference on ‘American Brilliant Cut Glass’ (produced between 1876 and 1914), this site features a stri… [read review or visit site]
If you need schooling on Victorian-era pressed glass tableware aka EAPG (Early American Pattern Glass) aka Pattern … [read review or visit site]
Michael and Lori Palmer's site dedicated to the hand painted decorations of Abels, Wasserberg and Company, known as… [read review or visit site]
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