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(Maestri Vetrai Muranese Cappellin) <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1925 - 1931)</B></I> <BR>Giacomo Cappellin<I> split from Paolo Venini to form his own glassworks.</I> Rafaello Levi, Vittorio Zecchin (1925-26), Giovanni ('Nane') "Patare" Seguso , Enrico Galvani, Carlo Scarpa (1930), Erwin Burger (1930), Gino Cenedese <B><P>Cappellin, Venini & C (Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Cappellin, Venini & C) <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1921 - 1925)</B></I> <BR>Giacomo Cappellin & Paolo Venini<I> purchased the glassworks of </I>Andrea Rioda,<I> who they had hoped would be technical director, but he died shortly after the takeover.</I> Giovanni ('Nane') "Patare" Seguso, Vittorio Zecchin, Carlo Scarpa (<I>see also above, & under</I> Venini & C.) <B><P>Carlshütte Glasfabrik <BR><I>Bohemia (early 20th Century)</B></I> <BR>4 designs registered in UK in 1927-1931. Listed as 'Boehmische Glasfabrik Carlshuette'</I> <B><P>Catcliffe Glass Works <BR><I>Rotherham, England (1740  1884)</B> <BR>Built 1740 by </I>William Fenney<I>. Works taken over 1759 by </I>John May<I>. In 1822, </I>Joseph & Thomas May<I> are listed in Baines Directory as Glass Manufacturers. From 1833 it was owned by </I>Thomas Blunn<I>, a glassblower, & </I>Henry Booth<I>, an iron & steel magnate. In 1856 the works were run by </I>Samuel Blunn<I>, & it operated as Blunn Brothers until it closed in 1884. Briefly revived in 1901 by C Wilcocks and Co until they went bankrupt</I> <B><P>Cavagnis, Umberto <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Modern lighting, latticino vases, ornaments & giftware</I> <B><P>Cenedese & Figlio, Gino <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1946 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Originally </I>Gino Cenedese S.r.l. (1946),<I> then</I> Gino Cenedese & C (1947-50), Gino Cenedese (1950-68), Vetreria Artistica Cenedese (1968-73).<I> Bought out </I>Seguso Vetri d'Arte (1992). Gino Cenedese, Gino Fort, Angelo Tosi, Alfredo Barbini (1947-50), Fulvio Bianconi (1954-62), Riccardo Licata (1952), Napoleone Martinuzzi (1953-58), Luigi Scarpa Croce (1950s), Nini (Antonio) Da Ros (1958-1970s), Ermanno Nason (1964-72) &nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.cenedesegino.it/">website</A> <B><P>Cenedese Giovanni, Vetreria <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Tableware & ornaments</I> <B><P>Centro Studio Pittori Arte del Vetro<I> (see Fucina degli Angeli, La )</B></I> <B><P>Century Glass Works <BR><I>London, England (1941 - late 1960s)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed glass tableware</I> <B><P>Chance Bros & Co <BR><I>Smethwick, Birmingham, England (1832 - 1981)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly The British Crown Glass Co, Spon Lane Glassworks. Purchased by </I>Robert Lucas Chance<I> (from Nailsea Glasshouse) in 1824, and the company name was taken when he was joined in 1832 by his brother, </I> William Chance. Georges Bontemps (1848-84).<I> Sheet, optical, scientific, lighting & stained glass (32 designs registered from 1842 to 1934). 'Orlak' oven-to-table glass range (1929-33) purchased by Joblings. Half stake in the company bought by Pilkington Brothers Ltd 1945, who completed the buy-out in 1951. Introduced 'Fiesta' transfer-printed tableware & handkerchief-vases during 1950s-60s</I> <B><P>Child, WJ Ltd <BR><I>London, England (1919 - )</B></I> <BR>CJ Hulme, LG Turner. <I>The Eton Glassworks, Grange Road, Leyton E10. Pressed tableware, bottles, condiment sets, inkwells, lighting glass, novelties etc. Became Limited in 1935</I> <B><P>Chippendale <BR><I>U.S.A. & England (c 1900 - 1955)</B></I> <BR><I>Not actually a company, but a range of pressed glass, Manufactured in USA (see under Krys-Tol for details). Imported by National Glass Co, London. Manufactured in UK under licence by Davidsons from 1930, moulds bought by them in 1933.</I> <B><P>Choisy-le-Roi (Cristalleries et Verreries de Choisy-le-Roi Réunies) <BR><I>Paris, France (20th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>Known to be active 1950s</I> <B><P>Choisy-le-Roi, Verrerie de <BR><I>Paris, France (1821 - 1851)</B></I> <BR>M Grimbolt. Georges Bontemps (1823-48) <B><P>Christy, J F <BR><I>Lambeth, London, England (early 19th C - 1851)</B> <BR>Manufacturers of enamelled & transfer-printed glassware (given an award 1849 by the Society of Arts). Produced several pieces for Henry Cole's company 'Felix Summerly's Art Manufactures', notably the water-plants design by the painter Richard Redgrave</I> <B><P>City Glass Bottle Co <BR><I>London, England (1898 - 1952)</B></I> <BR>IH Palmer, LE Norton.<I> Bottles, carafes, decanters, food-jars. Amalgamated with the Key Glass Works in 1952</I> <B><P>Clarke, Samuel <BR><I>London, England (c 1885 - c 1930)</B></I> <BR><I>Manufacturer of pressed "Fairy" & "Crick-lite" night-lights (19 designs registered from 1887 to 1906)</I> <B><P>Clichy, Verrerie de <BR><I>Clichy-la-Garenne, France (1837 - 1885)</B></I> <BR>M Rouyer & G Maës.<I> Paperweights (1846-57).</I> M Clemendot (1884).<I> Became Verrerie de Maës et Clemendot à Clichy. Bought by </I>Landier<I> family & merged with Cristallerie de Sèvres 1885</I> <B><P>Cole, Henry <BR><I>London, England (mid 19th C)</B> <BR>Owner of "Felix Summerly's Art Manufactures". Designed, principally with the painter Richard Redgrave, decorated glassware, manufactured for him by J F Christy & the Richardsons glassworks</I> <B><P>Conterie, Società Veneziana<I> (see following)</I></B> <B><P>Conterie e Cristallerie, Società Anonima di <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1848 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Originally </I>Società per l'Industrie delle Conterie,<I> then</I> Società Veneziana per l'Industrie delle Conterie,<I> before taking present name. Set up as a trust by the 12 main Venetian companies to compete with French & Bohemian glassmakers, eventually manufacturing in its own right.</I> Flavio Poli (1965).<I> Now mainly conterie (glass beads)</I> <B><P>Copillet et Cie, H A <BR><I>Noyon, Oise, France (1903 - 1918)</B></I> <BR>Amédée de Caranza (1903-06), Jeanne Duc, Édouard de Neuville.<I> Company went bankrupt in 1906, but was taken over from the receiver by Messrs </I>L'Homme & Lefèvre<I>, who continued production until the factory was destroyed toward the end of WWI</I> <B><P>Corning Glass Works <BR><I>Corning, N.Y., USA (1851 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Began as a glassworks in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</I> Amory Houghton.<I> Bought out</I> Brooklyn Flint Glass Co (1864). <I>Moved to Corning, New York & became</I> Corning Flint Glass Co (1868).<I> Took present name 1875. Industrial, technical & domestic glassware. Developed Pyrex 1912. Acquired</I> Steuben Glassworks (1918) <B><P>Costantini, Vittorio <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Lamp-worked animals, insects & flowers</I> <B><P>Costantini e C., Francesco<I> (Società Operaja Muranese Francesco Costantini e C.)</I> <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (late 19th - early 20th C)</B></I> <BR><I>Retailer handling the glass of the Pagliarin & Franco glassworks</I> <B><P>Cottage Glassworks, The <BR><I>London, England (c 1845 - 1900)</B></I> <BR>John McLachlan (1808-1877). <I>'Flint & Opal glass bottle-makers' (especially scent-bottles) of William Street, Lambeth (1 design registered 10th April 1855)</I> <B><P>Cottle, J C <BR><I>London, England (1920s - 1937)</B></I> <BR>Joseph Kilvert Clifton Cottle <I>of Napier Avenue, Fulham, later moved to Upper Richmond Road, East Sheen (died 20th April 1937). Importer of (probably mostly Czech) glassware (46 designs registered from 1st February 1927 to 17th April 1936)</I> <B><P>Couper & Sons, James <BR><I>Glasgow, Scotland (c 1850 - c 1905)</B></I> <BR><I>The City Glass Works (from 1911). Manufacturers of Clutha glass 1890s.</I> Christopher Dresser, George Walton<I> (4 designs registered from 1857 to 1869)</I> <B><P>Crystal Glass Co, The <I>(see Bagley & Co)</B></I> <A NAME="D"> <B><P>Dalzell-Viking <BR><I>New Martinsville, W.Va., USA (1987 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Viking Glass Co. </I> Kenneth Dalzell <B><P>Dartington Glass/Crystal </B> (<I>see</I> <A HREF="britsc-f.htm"></I>current British glassmakers: C to F</A> ) <B><P>Daum, La Cristallerie <BR><I>Nancy, France (1885 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly the Verrerie de Sainte Catherine, purchased 1878 by </I>Jean Daum. <I>On his death, run by his sons </I> Auguste & Antonin <I> as Daum Frères. Went public in 1962 under its present name.</I> Victor Marchand, Racadot/Severe Winckler, Jacques Gruber, Dufour, Henri Berge, Almaric Walter, Eugène Gall. Salvador Dali (1972) &nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.daum.fr/">website</A><I> (still under construction)</I> <B><P>Davey & Moore <BR><I>Brimsdown, Middlesex, England (1805 - 1980)</B></I> <BR><I>Lighting & industrial glassware; laboratory & medical glassware, trade name 'Davisil'. Absorbed by United Glass Containers sometime in the early 1970s. Works closed 1980</I> <B><P>Davidson & Co, George <BR><I>Gateshead-on-Tyne, England (1867 - 1987)</B></I> <BR><I>Teams Flint Glass Works. Pressed glass (71 designs registered from 1877 to 1939). Taken over by Abrahams & Co in 1966, and continued production under that name, using old moulds to produce "Brama" glass. Works finally closed 1987</I> <B><P>Davies, A & J <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (c 1920 - 1930s)</B></I> <BR><I>Cut glass</I> <B><P>Dearne & Dove Glassworks <BR><I>Wombwell, Barnsley, England (mid 19th C - 1927)</B></I> <BR><I>Flint Glass Works. Leased by </I>Ben Rylands<I> of the Hope Glass Works in 1872, & continuing to produce for them until the company went into receivership in 1927</I> <B><P>Decorative Glass Company, The <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (c 1920 - 1930s)</B></I> <BR>A H Guest.<I> Transfer-prints and/or enamelled designs sealed between two layers of glass</I> <B><P>Decorazione Artigiana Vetro <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR>Renzo Buccella.<I> Polished & engraved vases, ashtrays, ornaments</I> <B><P>Décorchement, François Émile <BR><I>Conches, Eure, France (1902 - c 1960)</B></I> <BR><I>Painter/potter who started his own glassworks where he made pâte-de-verre bowls/vases/statuettes</I> <B><P>Degué, Verrerie d'Art <BR><I>Paris, France (1926 - 1939)</B></I> <BR>David Guéron.<I> Mostly imitated the glass of many other companies, particularly Schneider (from whom he poached several workers), which resulted in a crippling lawsuit.</I> Édouard Cazaux <I>designed some original pieces, and Guéron designed some vases (all signed "Degué")</I> <B><P>Delatte, André <BR><I>Jarville, Nancy, France (1921 - c 1930)</B></I> <BR><I>Coloured, enamelled, sand-blasted, acid-etched & acid-cameo glass. Signatures "A. Delatte Nancy" and "Jarvil"</I> <B><P>Delvaux <BR><I>Paris, France (1920s - 30s)</B></I> <BR><I>Luxury retail shop that had its own glass-decoration workshop during the 1920s-30s. Usually signed "Delvaux, 18 Rue Royale, Paris" in enamel on base.</I> Jean Sala, G Neilz <B><P>Dema <BR><I>Chesterfield, England (1923 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Largest manufacturer of domestic glassware in Britain. Also stemware for the Hotel & Pub trade, scientific glassware, pharmaceutical tubing, fluorescent lamps & light bulbs</I> <B><P>Derbyshire & Brother, James <BR><I>Hulme, Manchester, England (1864 - 1869)</B></I> <BR><I>The Bridgewater & British Union Flint Glass Works. Pressed glass (13 designs registered from 1864 to 1869)</I> <B><P>Derbyshire & Sons, James <BR><I>Hulme, Manchester, England (1876 - ? )</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed glass (1 design registered 28/11/1876). Split from J J & T Derbyshire</I> <B><P>Derbyshire, John <BR><I>Salford, Manchester, England (1873 - 1877)</B></I> <BR><I>The Regent Road Flint Glass Works. Pressed glass (13 designs registered from 1873 to 1876). Split from J J & T Derbyshire</I> <B><P>Derbyshire, J J & T <BR><I>Hulme, Manchester, England (1870 - 1876)</B></I> <BR><I>The Bridgewater & British Union Flint Glass Works. Pressed glass (7 designs registered from 1870 to 1872). Formerly James Derbyshire & Brother</I> <B><P>Despret, Georges <BR><I>Jeumont, Nord, France (c 1885 - 1937)</B></I> <BR><I>Originally produced overlay vases with trapped air bubbles, but specialised in pâte-de-verre from 1890, mainly figurines & animals. Factory destroyed during WWI, but rebuilt 1920. All pieces engraved 'Despret'</I> <B><P>DeVilbiss <BR><I>Toledo, Ohio, USA (early 20th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>Art Deco scent-bottles, atomisers, dressing-table sets, designed by </I>Villamot <B><P>D'Humy, Paul Raoul De Faucheux <BR><I>London, England (1870s - 1880s)</B></I> <BR><I>Traded as </I>Aurora Glass Company <I>and </I>Vasa Murrhina Glass Company,<I> employing Venetian glassworkers to make Venetian-style glassware, including goblets decorated with gold, silver & platinum-leaf (a collection of which he donated to the British Museum). Three glass-making & -decorating patents applied for between 1876 & 1888</I> <B><P>Don Glass Bottle Works <BR><I>Mexborough, Barnsley, England ( 1850 - ? )</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly the Mexborough Flint Glass Works. Name changed in 1850</I> <B><P>Donà, Ugo, & Figlio <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Roman-style glass-paste mosaic panels</I> <B><P>Dorflinger & Sons, C <BR><I>White Mills, Pennsylvania, USA (1852 - 1921)</B></I> <BR>Christian Dorflinger. <I>High quality cut lead crystal, including commissions by the White House</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.dorflinger.org/glass_museum.html ">Dorflinger Glass Museum website</A> <B><P>DrahoHovský, Professor Josef <BR><I>Prague (Praha), Czech Republic (b 1877, d 1938)</B></I> <BR><I>Ground-breaking teacher, sculptor, master glass-cutter. At age 13, was accepted by the Industrial Art School in Turnov, where he learned how to cut precious & semi-precious stones. Later accepted by the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, where he went on to become Director of the Special Sculptural Department. Many of his students went on to become professors at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague & the Kamenický `enov & }elezný Brod Glass Schools</I> <B><P>Dressler, Eduard <BR><I>Schreibendorf, Germany (1868 - early 20th C)</B></I> <BR><I>Also Josefstal, Czechoslovakia. Manufacturer of pressed & hand-blown glassware, & refiner of blanks produced by the Josephinenhütte & other glassworks</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(the 1931 catalogue can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <B><P>Durand Art Glass Co <I>(see Vineland Flint Glass Co)</B></I> <B><P>Durand, J G <BR><I>France (20th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>Mainly lead crystal tableware, some giftware</I> <B><P>Durobor <BR><I>Soignies, Belgium (1928 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Originally the Compagnie Internationale de Gobeleterie Inébréchable. Changed to present name in 1935. 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