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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. Their equipment was subsequently briefly used by the ill-fated, public-funded Sunderland Glassworks (closed after 18 months), then purchased & used by the English Antique Glass Co Ltd (see current British glassworkers: C to F)

Hartmann & Dieterichs
Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1881 - 1938)
Arnost Hartmann & Hermann Dieterichs. Glass refiners

Hawkes & Co, T G
Corning, NY, USA (1880 - 1962)
Thomas Gibbons Hawkes. 'Rich Cut Glass Company'. 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 finest cut glass. Ceased trading 1962, assets acquired by Tiffin Art Glass Company in 1964

Hazel Atlas Glass Corporation
Wheeling, W Va, USA (1902 - )
Fusion of four companies: Hazel Glass & Metals Co (est 1887), Atlas Glass Co (est 1896), Wheeling Metal Plant, Republic Glass Co. Jars & pressed 'depression' glass

Heckert, Fritz (1866 - 1923)
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 patented glass-threading machine 6th May 1876. 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
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!)

Iittala (a.k.a. Karhula-Iittala)
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)

Iittala-Nuutajärvi
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

Imperial Glass Co
Bellaire, Ohio, USA (1901 - 1984)
Mainly pressed glass (carnival glass from 1909), but produced Imperial Art Glass 1916-1930s

Inwald, Josef
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

Isle of Wight Glass
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)

Islington Glass Works
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"

I.V.A.M. (Industrie Vetri Artistici Muranese)
Murano, Venice, Italy (c 1925 - 1931)
Otello Nason, Francesco Martinuzzi. Libero Vitali. Flavio Poli, Giovita Vitali, Aldo "Polo" Bon

Jaffe Rose
Czechoslovakia (c 1950s - )
Name seen on metallic labels on various paperweights, c 1950s

Jambes glassworks
Namur, Belgium (19th Century)
Merged with Zoude & Herbatte glassworks 1867

Jarvil (see Delatte, André)

Jefferson Glass Co
Follansbee, W Va, USA (1900 - 1933)
Pressed glass, including 'Krys-Tol' (from 1908 to 1918)

Jena Glassworks (see Schott & Genossen)

Jenkins & Son, John (see Barolac)

Jesurum & C.
Murano, Venice, Italy (late 19th - early 20th C)

Jobling & Co, James A
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)

Johansfors
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

Jo-He-Ky (see Josephinenhütte)

Johnsen & Jorgensen Flint Glass
London, England (c 1920s - 30s)
Importers & wholesalers of pressed flint tableware, including the Talisman pattern

Josephinenhütte
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

Joska Kristall
Bodenmais, Germany (1960 - )
Founded by Josef Kagerbauer in 1960 in the Bavarian Forest, where glass has been made for some 700 years. His son (also Josef) now runs the company, which specialises in crystal trophies, but also produces decorative items & stemware  website

Kagami Crystal Works
Tokyo, Japan (post-War)
Kozo Kagami (a pupil of Wilhelm von Eiff). Pressed & cut glass

Kamenický Šenov Glass School
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

Kanawha Glass Co
Dunbar, W Va, USA (1953 - 1983)
Hand-pressed tableware, novelties & giftware

Kastrup
Denmark (1847 - 1965)
Jacob Bang (1957-65). Merged with Holmegaard 1965

Kastrup-Holmegaard
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

Kempton & Sons, C H
Lambeth, London, England (1874 - 1920)
The Albert Glassworks. Charles Henry Kempton & his six sons. Partnership dissolved 1917. C H Kempton leaves to found Lambeth Glass Works. Most of his sons leave to other industrial glass works. Richard Kempton stays on, with his son, Reginald, who founds Southwark Glass Works in 1920, when the company finally fails

Ker, Webb & Co
Manchester, England (c 1865 - 1880)
The Prussia Street Flint Glass Works. 10 designs registered from 1868 to 1876

Kew Blas (see Union Glass Co)

Kimble Glass Co
Vineland, N.J., U.S.A. (c 1920 - )
Col. Evan F Kimble. Bought out Vineland Flint Glass Works c 1931

King's Lynn Glass
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

Komaromy, Istvan
Budapest, Hungary (c 1930s - 1960s)
Skilled lamp-worker of human figures, animals, drinking-glasses, abstract forms etc, who won multiple awards in various European countries. Settled in UK in about 1935, subsequently appearing in two BBC programmes. Died 1975. His creations are often mis-attributed to the Bimini Werkstätte

Koninklijke Nederlandsche Glasfabriek, N.V. (see Leerdam)

Kosta Glasbruk
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-)

Kosta Boda
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, Göran Wärff, Anna Ehrner, Olle Brozén, Åsa Jungnelius, Ludvig Löfgren. 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

Kralik Söhn, Wilhelm
Eleonorenhain (Lenora), Bohemia (1881 - 1938)
Heinrich & Johann Kralik (sons of Wilhelm Ritter von Kralik; see Meyr's Neffe). Formerly of Meyr's Neffe. Hand-blown studio glass. Commercial cameo glass signed "D'Aurys" and "Soleil"

Kristalunie, N.V. (see Maastricht)

Krys-Tol
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

Kulka, Wenza
Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1917 - 1938)
Refiner; enamelling, engraving & cutting, especially (Vienna) Modern style, similar to Moser