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Industrial glassware, including medical glass, & tail-light lenses for VW beetle</I> <B><P>Abel (<I>see</I> STS Abel)</B> <P><B>Absolon, William <BR><I>Great Yarmouth, England (late 18th / early 19th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>Independent enameller &amp; gilder of (mainly) cream-jugs, mugs, tumblers &amp; rummers</I> <B><P>A.D.V. </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Arte e Design del Vetro)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (c 1960s - )</B></I> <BR>Donatella Costa <B><P>&Aring;fors Glasbruk <BR><I>Eriksm&aring;la, Sm&aring;land, Sweden (1876 - 1976)</B></I> <BR>Carl/Oskar/Alfred Fagerland, Carl J Carlsson <I>(from Kosta). Tableware & domestic glass, by 1910 including cutting, etching & enamelling.</I> Eric &Aring;fors (1919). <I>Between the wars:</I> Karl Zenkert, Karl Diessner, Astrid Rietz, Edvin Ollers, Fritz Dahl, Ingvar Johansson, Gunnar H&aring;kansson, Eric Str&ouml;mberg. Bertil Vallien (mid 60s-), Ulrica Hydman-Vallien <I>(his wife)</I> (1972-). Jerker Persson, Ken Done <I>(Australia)</I> (late 1980s-). Gunnel Sahlin (1990).<I> Acquired Johansfors 1972. Merged with Kosta & Boda in 1976 to form Kosta Boda</I> <B><P>Ahne <BR><I>Bohemia (1860 - 1925)</B></I> <BR>Josef Ahne. Gustav &amp; Theodor Ahne<I> (sons). Enamelled figural compositions on opaline blanks (based on Italian &amp; German oil paintings)</I> <B><P>Albert Glass Works <I>(see Kempton & Sons, C H)</I></B> <B><P>Alt Lucialternative <FONT SIZE=2></B>(formerly Vetreria Alt)<B></FONT> <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1963 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Originally all kinds of glassware, including paperweights & ornaments, nowadays lighting glass. Since 2002, a part of FDV Group</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.fdvgroup.com/brands/index.php?idL=it">website</A> <B><P>Alsterfors <BR><I>Sweden (c 1950s - ? )</B></I> <BR><I>Hand-blown studio glass</I> <B><P>Amadi, Bruno <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Lamp-worked naturalistic animals</I> <B><P>Amblecote Glass Co <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (1934 - ?)</B></I> <BR>J A Kirby, A E Hingley <B><P>Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation <BR><I>Lancaster, Ohio, USA (1905 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed table- &amp; oven-ware, including Vitrock depression glass &amp; the Fire-King range</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.anchorhocking.com">website</A> <B><P>Andreotta, Ottavio <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Tableware, ornaments, Venetian-style chandeliers</I> <B><P>Angus &amp; Greener <BR><I>Sunderland, England (1858 - 1869)</B></I> <BR><I>The Wear Flint Glass Works. Pressed glass (10 designs registered from 1858 to 1869). Became Henry Greener</I> <B><P>Anfora <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (c 1970 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Table services &amp; decorative vases. </I>Renzo Ferro, <I>his father</I> Giulio Ferro (<I>from A.VE.M.</I>, 1976)</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.anforaglass.com">website</A> <B><P>Ankerglas </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Anchor Glass)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Bernsdorf, Germany (c 1935 - 2000)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Gebrüder Hoffmann. Pressed functional glassware. Nationalised after World War II</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(the 1937-38 catalogue can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <FONT FACE=ARIAL> <B><P>Antico Forno <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Blown glass chandeliers &amp; glasses, iridised flasks</I> <B><P>Arcoroc </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Arc International)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Arques, France (20th C)</B></I> <BR><I>Industrial-scale producers of glass catering & tableware</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.arcoroc.com">website</A> <B><P>Arculus & Co, Alfred <BR><I>Birmingham, England (1864 - 1941)</B></I> <BR><I>Etna Works. Formerly R W Winfield (Brassfounders). </I>Alfred Arculus, Joseph Warry<I> (accounts clerks) bought the company out & re-named it (1875). Lighting glass, cut, cased & coloured tableware, paperweights (including reproduction antiques) (3 designs registered from 1866 to 1880). Bought out 1922 by T J Hands & Co. Taken over by John Walsh Walsh in 1931. Production ceased 1941, when factory destroyed by German landmine</I> <B><P>Argy-Rousseau, Gabriel <BR><I>Paris, France (1914 - 1952)</B></I> <BR><I>Born 1885. Inventor of P&acirc;te-de-cristal, a translucent type of P&acirc;te-de-verre</I> <B><P>Art et Verre, Soci&eacute;t&eacute; Coop&eacute;rative <BR><I>Lodelinsart, Belgium (20th Century)</B></I> <BR>Paule Ingrand (1960s) <B><P>Arte Nuova <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1954 - c 1965)</B></I> <BR>Itamo Pustetto, Mario Fuga. Nino D'Este, Aldo Fuga (1958), Alessandro Lenarda (1960s) <B><P>Arte Vetro di Alberto Seguso <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (c 1940s - )</B></I> <BR>Alberto Seguso, Napoleone Martinuzzi <B><P>Art 'Lorrain', Verreries d' <BR><I>Croismare, France (1927 - 1932)</B></I> <BR><I>Established by </I>Paul Daum<I> of the Cristallerie Daum, with </I>Pierre d'Avesn<I> as manager, to produce affordable moulded lighting, vases, bowls, comports & ashtrays etc, often with metal framework or rims. Signatures: </I>'P d'Avesn', 'Lorrain', <I> (on the glass), sometimes </I> 'Val'<I> (on metal frames). <B>Not</B> to be confused with Verrerie D'Art de Lorraine, a signature used on products by Burgun Schverer & Cie)</I> <B><P>Artver <BR><I>Boom, Belgium (1932 - 1981)</B></I> <BR><I>(a.k.a. Boom Kristalfabriek. </I>Paul Heller (1935-81), Joseph Jochec; Otto, Rudolf &amp; Josef Jochec (<I>his sons</I>).<I> Acid-etched &amp; sand-blasted glass, sometimes enamelled and/or gilded</I> <B><P>Åseda Glasbruks <BR><I>Åseda, Sweden (1947 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Until 1960, produced only laboratory glass & stemware. Art glass from 1961.</I> Bo Borgström <B><P> A.Ve.M. </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Arte Vetraria Muranese)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1932 - )</B></I> <BR>Antonio/Egidio/Gallano/Ottone/Ulisse Ferro, Vittorio Zecchin (1932), Emilio Nason (1936), Giulio Radi (1932-50), Giorgio Ferro (1952-55), Dino Martens, Aldo Nason (1953-67), Luigi Scarpa Croce, Anzolo Fuga (1955-68), Luciano Ferro (1966), Giulio Ferro (<I>left</I> 1976 <I>to join his son at Anfora)</I> <B><P>Avesn, Pierre D'<I> (see Art 'Lorrain', Verreries d')</B></I> <B><P>Awashima Glass Co <BR><I>Tokyo, Japan (1956 - )</B></I> <BR>Masakichi Awashima.<I> Mould-blown glassware</I> <A NAME="B"> <B><P>Baccarat, Compagnie des Cristalleries de <BR><I>Baccarat, Lun&eacute;ville, France (1823 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Verreries Renaut (1764), then Verreries de Baccarat (1768), Verreries de Ste Anne (1773), then Verreries de Von&ecirc;che &agrave; Baccarat (1816) before taking present name. </I>Jean-Baptiste Toussaint (1851-58), Paul Michaut (1867-83), Georges Chevallier<I>. 1 design registered in UK in 1896, listed as 'The Baccarat Glass Co, London. Glass Maker'</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(two catalogues, one for 1916 and one undated, can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <BR><A HREF="http://www.baccarat.fr">website</A> <FONT FACE=ARIAL> <B><P>Bacchus &amp; Son, George <BR><I>Birmingham, England (19th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>Hand-blown glass, particularly cased, flashed &amp; transfer-printed. </I>William T Gillinder</I> <FONT FACE=ARIAL> <B><P>Bagley &amp; Co <BR><I>Knottingley, England (1871 - 1975)</B></I> <BR><I>Originally Bagley, Wild & Co (bottle manufacturers), then Bagley & Co (from 1890). Traded as The Crystal Glass Co from 1912 (coloured "crystaltint" glass introduced 1933).</I> Alexander H Williamson (mid 1930s)<I> (23 designs registered from 1923 to 1938)</I> <B><P>Bailey, William A <BR><I>London, England (c 1900 - c 1939)</B></I> <BR><I>Described as 'Potter & Glass Manufacturer' in the register of designs (of which he registered 59 from 1903 to 1922, with a further 62 designs registered from 1922 to 1938 under just the name 'Bailey'). The only design we have seen (number 465660, registered 23rd September 1905) was a mould-blown paste or ointment jar, so he was probably a bottle manufacturer only</I> <B><P>Bakalowits &amp; S&ouml;hne <BR><I>Vienna, Austria (1845 - c 1914)</B></I> <BR><I>Commisioning retailer from Loetz, Kralik, Meyr's Neffe etc.</I> Otto Prutscher, Gisela Von Falke, Jutta Sika, Antoinette Krasnik, Joan Fomin, Josef Hoffmann, Kolo Moser, Emile Hoppe, Hans Vollmer, Hans Bolek <B><P>Bakewell, Page & Bakewell <BR><I>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (early 19th Century)</B></I> <BR>Benjamin Bakewell, Benjamin Page. <I>Later became Bakewell, Pears & Co. Manufactured first crystal chandelier in US. Earliest known patent for pressed glassby </I>John P Bakewell<I> in 1825</I> <B><P>Ballarin, Mario & Francesco <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Hand-blown & engraved artistic glassware</I> <B><P>Ballarin, Vetreria Artistica <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1483 - )</B></I> <BR><I>One of the oldest glass-making families in Murano. Hand-blown traditional-style artistic glassware</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.vetreriaballarin.it">website</A> <B><P>Balmers Glass Fabrications Ltd <BR><I>Watford, England (1950s)</B></I> <BR><I>Mentioned in Pottery Gazette & Glass Trade Review, 1953. Manufacturers of glass animals</I> <B><P>Barbini, Fratelli <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Engraved glassware &amp; venetian mirrors. Connection to below (if any) unknown</I> <B><P>Barbini, Vetreria Alfredo <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1950 to present)</B></I> <BR>Alfredo Barbini (1950-87), Napoleone Martinuzzi (1960s), Flavio Barbini (Alfredo's son; 1968-) <BR><A HREF="http://www.barbinimurano.com/eng/home.html">website</A> <B><P>Barolac <I>(see Inwald, Josef)</B></I> <B><P>Barovier, Artisti <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1895 - 1920)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly </I>Fratelli Barovier (1878-95). Giuseppe Barovier (1900-1920), Vittorio Zecchin (1914), Teodoro Wolf-Ferrari (1914), Umberto Bellotto (1920). <I>Became</I> Vetreria Artistica Barovier (1920) <B><P>Barovier, Fratelli <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1878 - 1895)</B></I> <BR>Antonio Salviati,Giovanni/Nicolo Barovier. <I>Became</I> Artisti Barovier (1895) <B><P>Barovier, Vetreria Artistica <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1920 - 1936)</B></I> <BR>Ercole Barovier (1925-28), Nicolò Barovier (1925-30). <I>Merged with </I>S.A.I.A.R. Ferro Toso <I>to form </I>Ferro Toso Barovier (1936) <B><P>Barovier &amp; Toso <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1942 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly </I>Ferro Toso Barovier (1936)<I> then became </I>Barovier Toso &amp; C (1939<I>) and finally</I> Barovier &amp; Toso. Artemio/Decio Toso, Ercole Barovier (1939-72), Angelo Barovier (1951-), Matteo Thum, Noti Massari, Toni Zuccheri (1984), Renato/Decio/Mario/Piero Toso. Carlo Tosi "Caramea", Dino Toso, Luigi Visentin <BR><A HREF="http://www.baroviertoso.it">website</A> <B><P>Barovier, Seguso &amp; Ferro <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (c 1930s)</B></I> <BR>Flavio Poli (1934-36). <I>Relationship to </I>Vetreria Artistica Barovier<I> (if any) unknown</I> <B><P>Bathgate Glass Co <I>(see West Lothian Glassworks)</B></I> <B><P>Beatson, Clark Glass Manufacturers <BR><I>Masborough, England (c 1751 to present)</B> <BR>Originally the Rotherham Glass Company, on land belonging to the Earl of Effingham, a crown window glassworks & a bottle and flint house, both run by </I>John Wright<I> & partners. 1783 bought by </I>William Beatson<I>. Specialised in commercial & pharmaceutical glassware, from doorknobs to pill-bottles. In various partnerships existed as a family business (latterly as Beatson, Clark & Co) becoming a public company in 1961. Last hand-blown glass c 1954. Moulded trademark: a double headed arrow. Now part of the Newship Group</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.beatsonclark.co.uk">website</A> <B><P>Belmont Glass Works <I>(see Gammon, Thomas)</I></B> <B><P>Beránek <BR><I>`krdlovice, Czech Republic (1940 to present)</B></I> <BR>Emanuel Beránek <I>and his three brothers. Nationalised c 1948, and traded for 43 years as `krdlovice Glassworks (`krdlovicka Sklárská Hut).</I> Milena Velíaková (1950-60), Maria Stálíková (1940s-50s), Jan Kotík (1950s), Jan & Jindrich Beránek (<I>sons of Emanuel</I>) (1950s), Jirina Zertova, Lubomír Blecha, Vladimír Jelínek (all 1950s-60s), Jaroslav Svoboda & Jarmila Svobodova (1960s), Pavel Jezek, Stanislav Libenský, Ladislav Oliva, Ladislav Palecek, Miluae Roubícková, Frantiaek Vízner (all 1970s). <I>Company returned to Beránek family 1991</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.skrdlovice.cz/vismo/galerie2.asp?id_org=16270&id_galerie=1035&p1=319">website</A> <B><P>Bermondsey Glass <BR><I>Bermondsey, London, England (early 20th Century)</B></I> <BR>Guy Underwood <B><P>Beyermann & Co <BR><I>Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1865 - 1928)</B></I> <BR>Gustav, Frank & Max Beyermann <I>(brothers). Glass refinery</I> <B><P>Bibierre Vetreria Artigiana <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>General filigree glassware</I> <FONT FACE=ARIAL> <B><P>Biot, Verrerie de <BR><I>Biot, France (1956 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Hand-blown, usually pulegoso glass, with acid-etched mark to base. </I>Jean-Claude Novaro, Jean-Paul Van Lith. <I>Since 1973 owned by the</I> Lechaczynski <I>family</I>. Anne Lechaczynski, Henri Giunipero, Isabelle Navarro <BR><A HREF="http://www.verreriebiot.com/">website</A> <B><P>Bimini Werkst&auml;tte <BR><I>Vienna, Austria (1923 - 1938)</B></I> <BR>Fritz Lampl, Artur &amp; Josef Berger. <I>Ultra-lightweight lamp-worked items, the artistic design of which was highly regarded. Fritz Lampl moved to London to escape the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria by the Nazis), where he founded Orplid</I> <B><P>Blades, John <BR><I>London, England (early 19th Century)</B></I> <BR>John Blades, Francis Jones.<I> Manufacturers & exporters of hand-blown & heavily-cut Georgian & Regency glassware. Royal Warrants to the British & Persian courts</I> <B><P>Blenko <BR><I>Milton, West Virginia, USA (1893 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Moved to Milton, WV in 1921. Stained glass for churches; from 1929 decorative & household glassware & coloured glass building slabs. </I>William John Blenko (English, 1854-1933). Louis Miller, Axel Muller, Winslow Anderson (1946-53), Wayne Husted (1952-63), Joel Philip Myers (1963-70), John Nickerson (1970-74), Don Shepherd (1974-87), Hank Adams (1988-94), Trey Gott (1995-96), Matt Carter (1995-2002)<I> (1 design registered in UK on 1/10/89 by William J Blenko)</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.blenko.com/">website</A> <B><P>Boda <BR><I>Sweden (1864 - 1976)</B></I> <BR><I>Founded by </I>R Wictor Scheutz & Erik Widlund<I> (formerly with Kosta).</I>Fritz Kallenberg (1925-68), Erik Hoglund (1953-73), Lena Larsson (1960s), Signe Persson-Melin (1967-73), Monica Backström (1965-), Rolf Sinnemark (1971-85). <I>Merged with Åfors & Kosta in 1976, to form Kosta Boda</I> <B><P>Bohemia Art Glass </B><FONT SIZE=2>(BAG)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Vsetín, Czech Republic (1992 - )</B></I> <BR>Jirí `uhájek, Vladimír Jelínek, Vratislav `otola, Jirí Bohá, Jirí Jetmar, Jaroslav `tursa, Jan Exnar, Jan Votava, Stanislav Zampach, Rony Plesl, Frantiaek Urban, Oto Macek, Mojmir Cermák, Petr Vlcek, Shafaq Ahmed, Judita Chytkova. <I>Hand-made art glass, nowadays mainly producing for Barovier & Toso</I> <!----<BR><A HREF="http://www.bag.cz/">website</A>----> <B><P>Bohemia Glassworks National Corporation </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Sklárny Bohemia)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Podbrady, Czech Republic (1965 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Originally formed by the merger of five lead crystal factories, including the Podebrady Glassworks. The factories split up again in 1989, but the Podebrady Glassworks kept the name. Since 2008, known as Crystal Bohemia. Glassworks came close to bankruptcy & closed for more than a year 2009-2010, but is now back in production</I> <BR><A HREF="http://crystal-bohemia-com.web4u.cz/en">website</A> <B><P>Bolton Bowater, J F <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (1920s - 30s)</B></I> <BR><I>Inexpensive coloured fancy glass</I> <B><P>Bolton, Edward <BR><I>Warrington, Lancs, England (c 1869 - 1901)</B></I> <BR><I>(see also the</I> Orford Lane Glass Works<I>. Formerly Robinson & Bolton (1855-1869, Peter Robinson leaving to found Robinson & Skinner), becoming Edward Bolton (1869-1875), then Bolton Son & Wood (1875-1877), Edward Bolton (1877-1885), & finally Edward Bolton & Sons (1888-1892), the glassworks finally closing in 1901. Pressed glass. 7 designs registered from 1869 to 1875, then 1 design (4th June 1877) as Bolton, Son & Wood, 1 design (11th December 1885) as Edward Bolton, and 1 last design (11th August 1888) as Edward Bolton & Sons</I> <B><P>Bon, Vetreria Artigiana Aldo <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1960 - c 1965)</B></I> <BR>Aldo "Polo" Bon. <I>Collaborated with artists from La Fucina degli Angeli</I> <B><P>Borské Sklo <BR><I>Nový Bor, Czech Republic (1953 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Formed by the merger of Borské Sklárny, Borocrystal & Umelecke Sklo</I>. Pavel Hlava (1950s-70s), René Roubícek (1957-67), Josef Rozinek (<I>master glassblower</I> 1950s), Ladislav Oliva (1957-1970s), Karel Wünsch (1959-1960s), Frantiaek Koudelka (1950s), Vratislav `otola (1958-62), Miluae Roubicková (1950s-60s). <I>Trading as Crystalex since 1974)</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.crystalex.cz">website</A> <B><P>Boston & Sandwich Glass Co <BR><I>Sandwich, Mass., USA (1825 - 1888)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed glass, some paperweights & opaline.</I> Deming Jarves (1825-1858). Hiram Dillaway <B><P>Boston Silver Glass Co <BR><I>Cambridge, Mass., USA (1857 - 1871)</B></I> <BR><I>Silvered glassware.</I> A Young <B><P>Bottacin, Fratelli <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (late 19th - early 20th C)</B></I> <BR><I>Dealers in artistic glass. Collaborated with Fratelli Toso</I> <B><P>Bottega, S.A.L.I.R. </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Studio Ars Labor Industrie Riunite Bottega) </FONT><B><I>(see S.A.L.I.R.)</I></B> <B><P>Boulton & Mills <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (1863 - 1926)</B></I> <BR><I>The Audnam Glass Works. Hand-blown glass (37 designs registered from 1864 to 1911)</I> <B><P>Boyd's Crystal Art Glass, Inc. <BR><I>Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.A. (1978 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Degenhart Glass. Hand-pressed animals, figures etc</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.boydglass.com">website</A> <B><P>Bridge Crystal <BR><I>Tipton, England (early 20th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>Producers of cut glassware</I> <B><P>Brierley Crystal <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (1920s - c 1933)</B></I> <BR><I>Tradename used by Stevens & Williams, before they became Royal Brierley Crystal in c 1933</I> <B><P>British American Glass Co <BR><I>London, England (c 1910 - 1920s)</B></I> <BR><I>Importers & wholesalers of pressed flint tableware, including the Cambridge pattern</I> <B><P>Brocard, Philippe-Joseph <BR><I>Paris, France (1867 - 1890)</B></I> <BR><I>High-quality enamelled, mostly Islamic-type glassware. Died 1896</I> <B><P>Brockwitz Glasfabrik <BR><I>Brockwitz, near Dresden, Germany (1903 - 1990)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed functional glassware. Nationalised after World War II</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(various catalogues, from 1914 to 1941, can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <B><P>Bubacco, Lucio <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1972 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Hand-blown glass with lamp-worked figures</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.luciobubacco.com/public/index.asp">website</A> <B><P>Buchenau Bayern Glashüttenwerke <I>(see Poschinger, Ferdinand von)</I></B> <B><P>Buquoy <BR><I>Gratzen (Nové Hrady), Bohemia (c 1608 - mid 1800s)</B></I> <BR>Louis Le Vasseur d'Ossimont, Michael Mueller, Anton Lechner, Count Georg Buquoy, Bartholomaeus Rosler. <I>Cut/engraved and/or gilded Lithyalin, Hyalith & Agatine glass</I> <B><P>Burgun, Schverer & Cie </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Glashütte Meisenthal, Verrerie de Meisenthal)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Meisenthal, France (1711 - 1969)</B></I> <BR> Désiré Christian. <I>Art Nouveau cameo & acid-etched glass. </I>Émile Gallé <I>served 3-year apprenticeship from 1866, and the company later did much work for him, as well as producing their own designs. Art glass production ceased 1903, although workshops used by </I>Ringel D'Illzach<I> to cast Pâte-de-Verre 1904-15. Name changed to Verrerie de Meisenthal after World War II. Signature </I>'Verrerie d'Art de Lorraine' <I>(<B>not</B> to be confused with Verreries D'Art 'Lorrain')</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(three catalogues, from 1907 to 1935, can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <B><P>Burlington Glass Works <BR><I>Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (19th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed glass</I> <B><P>Burtles, Tate & Co <BR><I>Manchester, England (1870 - 1924)</B></I> <BR><I>The Poland Street Glass Works. Pressed glass (46 designs registered from 1870 to 1914). Taken over by Butterworth Bros. 1924</I> <B><P>Butterworth Bros Ltd <BR><I>Manchester, England (c 1920s - 30s)</B></I> <BR><I>All kinds of glassware from industrial, laboratory & lighting to jars, barrels & tableware. 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