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Hadelands Glasverk
Jevnaker, Norway (1762 - )
Originally a bottle-manufacturer, began making table services etc. c 1850s. Sverre Pettersen (1928-49), Ståle Kyllingstad (1937-40s), Willy Johansson (1947-88), Herman Bongard (1947-55), Gerd Slang (1948-52, 1963-72), Arne Jon Jutrem (1950-), Severin Brørby (1956-60s), Benny Motzfeldt (1955-67), Gro Bergslien (née Sommerfelt, 1964-70s), Jens W Berg (1951-80), Edla Freij (1970s), Jon Gundersen, Jonas Hidle
Haden, Mullet & Haden
Stourbridge, England (c 1930s)
Coloured fancy glass, including reproduction antique threaded ware, old English waved ware, old Irish bubbly glass, opaque white "splashed" ware & marbled effects similar to Gray-Stan
Haida, Staatsfachschule
Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1870 - )
State Trade School for glassmaking, noted for training enamellists. Louis Arthur Fritzche, Adolf Rasche, Arnold Eiselt (1907-14), Rudolph Müller (c 1909-10), Karl Lorenz (c 1909)
Hailwood & Ackroyd
Morley, Leeds, England (1927 - ? )
Formerly Ackroyd & Best. Mainly lighting, but also cut, cased, coloured & enamelled tableware & decorative glass
Hale Thomson, Frederick
London, England (1849 - 1852)
Frederick Hale Thomson & Edward Varnish. Also W Lund, Thomas Mellish. Retailers & patentees (1849 & 1850) of double-walled silvered glass, which may have been manufactured for them by James Powell & Sons
Hands & Co, T J
Birmingham, England ( ? - 1931)
Lighting glass. Bought out Alfred Arculus & Co 1922. Taken over 1931 by John Walsh Walsh
Harbridge Crystal Glass Co
Stourbridge, England (1924 - 1966)
Cut, engraved & cased glass. Leased space from Webb & Corbett 1955, from which date glass production ceased & the company only did decorating work. Finally absorbed by Webb & Corbett in 1957 (2 designs registered 1934 & 1936)
Hardy & Co Ltd, G
probably England (active c 1950s)
Name seen on silver/blue labels (also just as the initials G H) on imported 1950s Scandinavian & Murano glassware. Wholesaler known to have imported from Elme, Gadderås, Alsterfors, Alsterbro, Reijmyre & Sölvehyttan (and probably others), including commissioned, non-catalogue items
Harrach, Graf (a.k.a. Harrachov)
Neuwelt (Nový Svet), Bohemia (1763 - )
Formerly Neuwelt Glassworks (est. 1630) Bought by Graf (Count) Harrach. Johann Pohl (1808-1848), Franz Pohl, Bohdan Kadlec (1884-1900), Julius Jelinek (1901-18), Jan Mallin (1901-13), Karel Lederle (1901), Jan Kotera (1903). Company nationalised in 1945. Miloš Pulpitel (1950s) (developed Haartil glassware 1955-), Milan Metelák (1955-90), Pavel Hlava (1970s). Commonly referred to as Harrachov (Harrach's) Glassworks. Bought out by František Novosad (a former glassworker) in 1993, now operates as Sklárna Novosad & Syn Harrachov
Hartley, Wood & Co
Monkwearmouth, England (1895 - 1997)
James Hartley (grandson of James Hartley of the Wear Glass Works) & Alfred Wood (took over sole control in 1908). Stained glass, specialising in streaky coloured glass, which they later used to produce vases
Hartmann & Dieterichs
Hawkes & Co
Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1881 - 1938)
Arnost Hartmann & Hermann Dieterichs. Glass refiners
Corning, NY, USA (1880 - 1962)
Thomas G Hawkes. Cutters of blanks from the Corning Glass Co. Made cut glass for the White House. Two of their cut glass patterns won the Grand Prize in the Paris Exposition of 1889. By turn of the century, renowned for the best cut glass. Ceased trading 1962, assets acquired by Tiffin Art Glass Company in 1964
Hazel Atlas Glass Corporation
Wheeling, W Va, USA (c 1920s - )
Jars & pressed "depression" glass
Heckert, Fritz
Warmbrunn (Cieplice), Silesia (1866 - 1923)
Glass refiner & manufacturer (from 1889), reproducing 17th & 18th Century German glass. Max Rade, Ludwig Sütterlin (both from 1900), Willy Meitzen. Taken over and absorbed by Josephinenhütte (see below)
Heiligenstein, Auguste
Paris, France (c 1920s)
Assistant to Marcel Goupy, as well as producing his own designs
Heisey & Co, A H
Newark, Ohio, USA (1893 - 1958)
Cut & pressed glass
Heppell & Co, W H
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (1874 - mid 1880s)
Pressed glass (12 designs registered from 1874 to 1882). Moulds bought by Davidson's when the company folded in mid-1880s
Herbatte glassworks
Namur, Belgium (19th Century)
Cut & gilded glassware. Merged with Zoude & Jambes glassworks in 1867
Higgins
USA (1948 - )
Frances Stewart & husband Michael Higgins. (Worked for Dearborn Glass 1958-66)
Hodgetts, Richardson & Pargeter
Stourbridge, England (1836 - 1870)
The Wordsley Glass Works. Benjamin Richardson, Philip Pargeter, William J Hodgetts (5 designs registered from 1865 to 1870)
Hodgetts, Richardson & Sons
Stourbridge, England (1871 - 1882)
The Wordsley Glass Works. Formerly Hodgetts, Richardson & Pargeter (Philip Pargeter left to take over Red House glassworks). William J Hodgetts invented machine-threading 1878. Cameo glass by Alphonse Lechevrel & his pupil, Joseph Locke (12 designs registered from 1872 to 1882)
Hoffmann
Jablonec, Czechoslovakia (1867 - 1939)
Franz Hoffmannn. Succeeded by his son Heinrich in 1900. High quality pressed glass, usually featuring a butterfly trademark
Holmegaard (Holmegaards Glasvaerk Als)
Naestved, Denmark (1825 - 1965)
Orla Juul Mielsen (1924), Jacob Bang (1925-41), Per Lutken (1942-). Merged with Kastrup 1965, now part of Royal Copenhagen group website
Holyrood Flint Glass Works (see John Ford & Co)
Hosch, Carl
Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1864 - 1938)
Glass refiner & exporter. Company nationalised after World War II
Hunebelle, André
Iittala (a.k.a. Karhula-Iittala)
Iittala-Nuutajärvi
Imperial Glass Co
Inwald, Josef
Isle of Wight Glass
Islington Glass Works
I.V.A.M. (Industrie Vetri Artistici Muranese)
Jaffe Rose
Jambes glassworks
Jarvil (see Delatte, André)
Jena Glassworks (see Schott & Genossen)
Jenkins & Son, John (see Barolac)
Jesurum & C.
Jobling & Co, James A
Johansfors
Johnsen & Jorgensen Flint Glass
Josephinenhütte
Kagami Crystal Works
Kamenický Šenov Glass School
Kanawha Glass Co
Kastrup
Kastrup-Holmegaard
Kempton & Sons, C H (see Albert Glass Works)
Ker, Webb & Co
Kew Blas (see Union Glass Co)
Kimble Glass Co
King's Lynn Glass
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Glasfabriek, N.V. (see Leerdam)
Kosta Glasbruk
Kosta Boda
Kralik Söhn, Wilhelm
Kristalunie, N.V. (see Maastricht)
Krys-Tol
Kulka, Wenza
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France (1920s - 30s)
Designer & manufacturer of pressed frosted and/or opalescent geometric-patterned Art Deco glassware (after World War II became a noted film director!)
Finland (1881 - 1988)
Bought by Ahlstrom 1917, and merged with Karhula Glassworks, which they had acquired in 1915. Kaj Frank (1946-1950), Tapio Wirkkala (1946-85), Timo Sarpeneva (1950-). Alvar Aalto (1937-38)
Finland (1988 - )
Amalgamation of Karhula-Iittala with Nuutajärvi-Notsjö. Art glass collection called "Pro Arte". Kaj Franck, Oiva Toikka, Heikki Orvola, Inkeri Toikka, Kerttu Nurminen, Markku Salo
website
Bellaire, Ohio, USA (1901 - 1984)
Mainly pressed glass (carnival glass from 1909), but produced Imperial Art Glass 1916-1930s
Havlíckuv Brod, Bohemia (1862 - 1958)
Opened further factories in Dobronín (1876), Zlíchow (1878), Siendorf (1884), Podebrady (1893) & Rudolfova Hut at Dubí u Teplic (1905). Inwald Sklárny National Corporation formed in 1948 upon nationalisation of Czech glass industry, later absorbing Pallme König, Koštany & Slanina glassworks. Corporation dismantled 1958 during reorganisation of Czech glass industry, but Koštany & Rudolfova Hut survived
St Lawrence, Isle of Wight, England (1972 - )
Michael Harris (from Mdina Glass). Elizabeth Harris (Michael's wife, 1980s-), Timothy & Jonathan Harris (Michael's sons, late 1980s)
Birmingham, England (19th Century)
Listed 1803 as operated by Owen Johnson. 1849 became Rice, Harris & Son. 1860 became the Islington Glass Co. Some paperweights include canes lettered "IGW"
Murano, Venice, Italy (c 1925 - 1931)
Otello Nason, Francesco Martinuzzi. Libero Vitali. Flavio Poli, Giovita Vitali, Aldo "Polo" Bon
Czechoslovakia (c 1950s - )
Name seen on metallic labels on various paperweights, c 1950s
Namur, Belgium (19th Century)
Merged with Zoude & Herbatte glassworks 1867
Murano, Venice, Italy (late 19th - early 20th C)
Sunderland, England (1921 - 1975)
Pressed glass. Took over Henry Greener in 1886, and traded as Greener & Co until 1921. Mainly functional cookware (including Pyrex), but produced relief-moulded art glass ware (including Opalique) 1933-39. Absorbed into Corning 1975 (42 designs registered from 1926 to 1940)
Småland, Sweden (1891 - 1972)
A Ahrends, F O Israelsson. C A:son Askenberg (1920s), Gunnar Håkansson (1930s), Gustaf Hallberg (1930s-40s), Bengt Orup (1952-73), Erik & Margareta Hennix (1964-67), Ingegerd Råman (1968-71). Bought by Åfors Group 1972
London, England (c 1920s - 30s)
Importers & wholesalers of pressed flint tableware, including the Talisman pattern
Schreiberhau, Silesia (1842 - 1923)
Franz Pohl. Merged with Fritz Heckert and a company called Neumann & Staeben (of Hermsdorf, Kynast) in 1923 to form JO-HE-KY
Tokyo, Japan (post-War)
Kozo Kagami (a pupil of Wilhelm von Eiff). Pressed & cut glass
Kamenický Šenov, Bohemia (1856 - )
"School of Drawing and Modelling", under the directorship of Jan Dvorácek, a painter & sculptor. Engraving taught from 1880 by Karl Pietsch. Leo Chilla, architect, became director in 1885. Became known as the Secondary School of Glass Making
Dunbar, W Va, USA (1953 - 1983)
Hand-pressed tableware, novelties & giftware
Denmark (1847 - 1965)
Jacob Bang (1957-65). Merged with Holmegaard 1965
Denmark (1965 - )
Michael Bang, Per Lutken. Merged with Royal Copenhagen 1985. Amalgamated with Boda Nova-Höganäs Keramik, Orrefors Kosta Boda, & Venini to form Royal Scandinavia
Manchester, England (c 1865 - 1880)
The Prussia Street Flint Glass Works. 10 designs registered from 1868 to 1876
Vineland, N.J., U.S.A. (c 1920 - )
Col. Evan F Kimble. Bought out Vineland Flint Glass Works c 1931
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England (1967 - 1969)
Ronald Stennett-Willson (formerly of J Wuidart & Co). Hand-blown studio glass in Scandinavian style (some Swedish glassblowers brought in). Taken over by Wedgwood Glass
Småland, Sweden (1742 - 1976)
Founded by Anders Koskull & Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (name from first syllables of founders' surnames combined). Gallé imitations by Gunnar G Wennerberg (1898-1903). Edvard Strömberg (1917). Artists hired as designers: Edvin Ollers (1917-), Sven Erixson (1920s/30s), Evald Dahlskog (1926-29), Sven Erik Skawonius, Sten Branzell, Elis Bergh (1927-c 1960). Post-war: Victor Emanuel "Vicke" Lindstrand (1950-73), Goran & Ann Wärff (1964-)
Småland, Sweden (1976 - 1990)
Trading name of Åfors Group (Åfors, Johansfors, Kosta & Boda merged). Bertil Vallien. Bengt Edenfalk (1978 - from Skruf). Sigurd Persson, Lisa Bauer (engraver), Ulrica Hydman-Vallien, Kjell Engman (1978-), Ken Done, Ann Wåhlström. Merged 1990 with Orrefors, to form Orrefors Kosta Boda, which subsequently amalgamated with Kastrup-Holmegaard, Boda Nova-Höganäs Keramik & Venini to form Royal Scandinavia in 1997
website
Eleonorenhain (Lenora), Bohemia (1881 - 1938)
Heinrich/Johann Kralik (sons of Wilhelm Kralik; see Meyr's Neffe). Formerly part of Meyr's Neffe. Hand-blown studio glass. Commercial cameo glass signed "D'Aurys" and "Soleil"
U.S.A. (c 1900 - 1920s)
Trade-name used in succession by the Ohio Flint Glass Co (c 1900 to 1908), then by the Jefferson Glass Co (of Follansbee, W Va - 1908 to 1918), then by the Central Glass Works (1919 onward). A range of pressed glass, including Chippendale , which was imported into England by National Glass Co, London
Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1917 - 1938)
Refiner; enamelling, engraving & cutting, especially (Vienna) Modern style, similar to Moser