December 4, 2008
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.
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