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    Posted 9 years ago

    racer4four
    (586 items)

    These Toyo tumblers date to the 1960s and I find them such a great piece of design.

    Made from a great smoky grey glass they are totally smooth externally but are ribbed internally. The ribs make a simple shape optically interesting.
    The mould making for these tumblers would have been quite technical I think.

    Toyo are best known for their housewares and made well designed and executed glass. They did make some more arty mouth blown glass but it was for a limited period around the 1970s.
    In 2002 Toyo joined with Sasaki to make the huge glass conglomerate TSG, Toyo Sasaki Glass, and it remains Japan's biggest producer of household glass.

    History of Toyo (edited from TSG's website):

    In 1878 Toyo's founder Magoichi Shimada joined Shinagawa Glassworks, established by the new Meiji government as an effort to pioneer Japan's domestic glassware industry. Shimada studied under British craftsman James Speed to learn the latest European mixing and production techniques.

    Shimada Glass was founded in the village of Kawasaki, Osaka in 1888, and by 1902 had moved to larger premises at Ebie, Osaka with a new furnace and more modern technology.
    From the start of World War II Toyo's glass container business increased due to the shortage of metal available for tin cans and in 1953 the company became a member of Toyo Seikan Kaisha ("Oriental Can Manufacturing Company") group.
    In 1957 the company renamed itself as Shin Toyo Glass ("New Oriental Glass") and then to Toyo Glass in 1967.

    Like Sasaki, Toyo developed fast and efficient means of pressing high quality glass and crystal. They remained at their Ebie premises until 2002 when a new factory was established by TSG at Yachiyo near Tokyo.

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    Comments

    1. mikelv85 mikelv85, 9 years ago
      You can drink out of anything but somehow a great glass makes any drink special. Didn't they also do porcelain ?? I have vases and plates with their mark.
    2. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      SO true Mike. My favorite drink is water but I love it more in a nice glass.
    3. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 9 years ago
      It's a mark of their quality that these are common little drinking glasses -- works of art! Boggles the mind!
    4. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      I agree Katherine. Sorry to beat my drum but I find Scandinavian glass collectors get very precious about drinking glass design and who designed what, but don't look at what others have done. Good design is good design. Fullstop.
      I'm glad you appreciate them. Thanks mate!
    5. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 9 years ago
      Oh there is simply no comparison, Karen. Form vs. fluidity, for me the dynamic element of the Japanese glass is so vital and attractive.

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