A Note on Closed Glass Companies in the USA for Artistic Appreciation

摘要

As in many countries in the world, there are 10 or even 20 large glass companies in the USA that we always discuss in terms of types of glass products, quality, larger production volumes and sometimes in the context of stock market performance for investment purpose. However, there are a number of glass companies, perhaps to the tune of several hundred, which are either having a smaller base of production, scattered around the east coast of USA, or they are simply producing some of the exotic art glasses for various decorative purposes, and some elegant shapes for some other useful applications. Many of these glass companies have been defunct in the past 100 years or so due to a variety of reasons, but their stories are not forgotten or rather their historical significance are still a matter of intense deliberations among the concerned people. In this article, some of their stories will be briefly elaborated.