ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97"> <TITLE>Glass notes: manufacturers, Q to R</TITLE> <META NAME="Template" CONTENT="C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\html.dot"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="ggstyle.css"></HEAD> <BODY LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#ff00ff" ALINK="#ff0000"> <TABLE ALIGN="LEFT" CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0><TR> <!--BUTTONS COLUMN--> <TD WIDTH=140 ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://www.great-glass.co.uk/index.htm"> <IMG SRC="pics/sparkle.GIF" WIDTH=39 HEIGHT=60 BORDER=0><BR><B>home page</B></A> <IMG SRC="pics/spacer.gif" WIDTH=140 HEIGHT=1> <TABLE CELLPADDING=3><TR><TD> <FONT SIZE=3><B> <A HREF="http://www.great-glass.co.uk/glass notes/glass.htm">glass notes</A><BR> <A HREF="http://www.great-glass.co.uk/library/libindex.htm">photo library</A><BR> <A HREF="http://www.great-glass.co.uk/shops/windows.htm">shop windows</A> </TD></TR><TR><TD><B> <A HREF="mans-s.htm">next page</A><BR> <A HREF="mann-p.htm">previous page</A> </TD></TR><TR><TD><B> <A HREF="mailto:greatglass.t21@btinternet.com">e-mail us</A> </TD></TR></TABLE> <!--SPACER COLUMN--> <TD WIDTH=35 VALIGN="TOP"> <P><IMG SRC="pics/spacer.gif" WIDTH=34 HEIGHT=1></TD> <!--TEXT COLUMN--> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <A NAME="TOP"> <!--GREAT GLASS LOGO--> <P><IMG SRC="pics/logo.gif" WIDTH=180 HEIGHT=21></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=5><TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle"> <TD><A HREF="mana-b.htm"><B>A - B</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="manc-d.htm"><B>C - D</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="mane-g.htm"><B>E - G</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="manh-k.htm"><B>H - K</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="manl-m.htm"><B>L - M</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="mann-p.htm"><B>N - P</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="#Q"><B>Q</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="#R"><B>R</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="mans-s.htm"><B>S</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="mant-v.htm"><B>T - V</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="manw-z.htm"><B>W - Z</B></A></TD> </TR></Table></P> <!--------------------------------------------STRIPE-------------------------------------------> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="pics/stripe.jpg" WIDTH=95% HEIGHT=5></P> <FONT FACE="Arial"> <H1>glassware manufacturers: Q to R</H1> <A NAME="Q"> <B><P>Quezal Art Glass & Decorating Co <BR><I>Brooklyn. N.Y., USA (1901 - 1924)</B></I> <BR><I>Copies of Tiffany designs.</I> Martin Bach Sr., Thomas Johnson <I>(both ex-Tiffany),</I> Emil J Larson, Martin Bach Jr. <B><P>Quiross <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Modern cut-glass mirrors</I> <A NAME="R"> <B><P>Rachmann Brothers </B><FONT SIZE=2>(Brüder Rachmann)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Haida (Nový Bor), Bohemia (1876 - 1945)</B></I> <BR></I>Wilhelm Rachmann<I> (1846-1916) & his brother </I>Heinrich<I> in Langenau, Bohemia (moved to Haida 1884). Produced or refined atomisers, toilet sets & fancy boxes, often with metal trims that they produced themselves. Expanded under founders' sons </I>Wilhelm<I> (1882-1943) and </I>Bruno<I> (c 1885-1938), until they split in 1932, </I>Bruno<I> taking the metalworks. </I>Wilhelm<I> founded his own metalworks in 1936. After his death, the company was run by his widow & four daughters until 1945, when it was expropriated by the state, without compensation, and the family evicted</I> <B><P>Radeberger Glashütten, Vereinigte </B><FONT SIZE=2>(United Radeberg Glassworks)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Radeberg, Germany (late 19th - early 20thC)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed functional glassware</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(the 1890 catalogue can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <B><P>Ragazzi & C <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1980s to present)</B></I> <BR>Peter Young, Alberto Moretti, Nicola Moretti. <I>Fused-murrhine costume-jewellery & ornaments</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.ragazzimurano.it">website</A> <B><P>Rainbow Art Glass <BR><I>Huntington, W.Va., USA (1954 - 1972)</B></I> <BR><I>Subsidiary of Viking</I> <B><P>Red House Glassworks <BR><I>Wordsley, Stourbridge, England (1776 - 1885)</B></I> <BR><I>Founded by </I>George Ensell.<I> After several changes of ownership, it was leased by Frederick Stuart in 1881, and eventually bought out by Stuart & Sons in 1885</I> <B><P>Regent Flint Glass Co <BR><I>Salford, Manchester, England (1877)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed glass (2 designs registered 1877). Formerly John Derbyshire</I> <B><P>Reich & Co, S <BR><I>Krasno, Bohemia (1813 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Mass-produced industrial acid-cameo glass c 1900 (signed "R Krasno"), also pressed glass c 1930s. 108 designs registered in UK, 1892-1908. Listed as 'S Reich & Co, London. Austrian Glass Manufacturer'</I> <B><P>Reich & Spolgcnost, S <BR><I>London, England (early 20th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>49 designs registered 1908-1925. Probably another incarnation of S Reich & Co</I> <B><P>Reich Soehne, L <BR><I>London, England (early 20th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>8 designs registered 1911-1912. Probably connected to S Reich & Co</I> <B><P>Reijmyre <BR><I>Östergötland, Sweden (1810 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Pressed glass from 1830. Art glass resumed from 1936</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(the 1897 catalogue can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <BR><A HREF="http://www.reijmyre.se">website</A> <B><P>Rheinische Glasshütte <BR><I>Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany (1864 - 1937)</B></I> <BR><I>Winged drinking-glasses (often with figure-of-eight snake stems & cresting), copies of 16th & 17th Century glass. 18 designs registered in UK, 1909-1935</I> <!-------- <B><P>Richard <BR><I>Lorraine, France (c 1920s)</B></I> <BR><I>2- & (sometimes) 3-layer acid-cameo glass vases, bowls, lamps & night-lights</I> ------> <B><P>Richard, M <BR><I>Paris, France (c 1920s - 30s)</B></I> <BR><I>Reportedly a refinery & retail outlet in Paris owned by Edmond Etling. Among other products, they commissioned acid-cameo vases, bowls, lamps & night-lights from Loetz, which bear the cameo signature 'Richard'</I> <B><P>Richardson & Sons, Henry G <BR><I>Wordsley, Stourbridge, England (c 1870 - 1930)</B></I> <BR><I>The Wordsley Flint Glass Works. Successors to</I> W H, B & J Richardson. Henry Gething Richardson<I>, in partnership with his sons</I> Benjamin (III) & Arthur. <I>Taken over by Thos Webb & Sons 1930 & moved to its Dennis Glassworks. Name still occasionally used by them until late 1960s (33 designs registered from 1882 to 1928)</I> <B><P>Richardson, Benjamin <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (1854 - c 1870)</B></I> <BR><I>The Wordsley Flint Glass Works. Formerly</I> W H, B & J Richardson<I> (12 designs registered from 1854 to 1858). Became</I> Henry G Richardson & Sons (c 1870) <B><P>Richardson, W H, B & J <BR><I>Wordsley, Stourbridge, England (1836 - 1854)</B></I> <BR><I>The Wordsley Flint Glass Works. Formerly </I>Webb & Richardson. William Haden Richardson, Benjamin Richardson (I), Jonathan Richardson. <I>1842 also acquired the White House Glassworks from Thomas Webb (I).</I> John Northwood, Edwin Grice, Thomas Bott, W J/Joseph Muckley, Philip Pargeter, T Guest. <I>(10 designs registered from 1847 to 1851), Became</I> Benjamin Richardson (1854) <B><P>Riedel, Josef <BR><I>Polaun (Polubný), Bohemia (1888 - 1938)</B></I> <BR><I>From a long line of glass manufacturers & refiners (dating back to the late 17th Century), including his father (also</I> Josef<I>), who invented Annagrün (green) & Annagelb (yellow) uranium-tinted glass in c 1830, and various other colours & stains. As well as being a high-quality refiner,</I> Josef (junior) <I>also developed new colours - some 600 that could be produced consistently. 1 design registered in UK in 1928. After World War II, the Riedel Glassworks moved to Kufstein, Austria, where it produces both hand- & machine-made drinking-related items</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.riedel.com">website</A> <B><P>Riess & Co, A <BR><I>London, England (early 20th Century)</B></I> <BR><I>1 design registered in UK in 1903. Listed as 'Importers of Foreign Glass & China'</I> <B><P>Rigot, Edmund <I>(see Villeroy & Boch)</I></B> <B><P>Riihimäen Lasi Oy <FONT SIZE=2></B>(Riihimäki Glassworks)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Riihimäki, Finland (1910 - 1990)</B></I> <BR><I>Art glass from 1928. </I>Henry Ericsson, Arrtu Brummer (d 1951), Gunnel Nyman, Helena Tynell, Nanny Still, Aimo Okkolin, Tamara Aladin, Ekkitapio Siiroinen. <I>Ceased blown glass 1976, bought by Ahlstrom 1985, closed 1990</I> <B><P>Rindskopf, Josef <BR><I>Kosten bei Teplitz (Koat'any u Teplic), Bohemia (1891 - 1927)</B></I> <BR><I>Iridised Art Nouveau glass. Went public 1920 and turned to pressed glass. Went bankrupt in 1927</I> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(the 1915 catalogue can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.glas-musterbuch.de">www.glas-musterbuch.de</A>)</FONT> <B><P>Rioda, Successori Andrea <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1911 - 38)</B></I> <BR><I>Originally </I>Andrea Rioda & C.<I> (name changed c 1930). Manufactured for </I>Salviati<I> (including designs by Dino Martens).</I> Andrea Rioda, Eduino Zanetti. Giulio Radi<I> (left 1932 to co-found A.VE.M.)</I> <B><P>Robinson & Bolton <BR><I>Warrington, Lancs, England (c 1855 - c 1868)</B></I> <BR><I>The Orford Lane Glass Works. Pressed glass (5 designs registered from 1856 to 1867). </I>Edward Bolton, Peter Robinson <I>(Robinson left to found Robinson & Skinner c 1868)</I> <B><P>Robinson & Skinner <BR><I>Warrington, Lancs, England (c 1868 - c 1880)</B></I> <BR><I>The Mersey Glass Works. </I>Peter Robinson <I>(from Robinson & Bolton). Pressed glass (1 design registered 28th January 1875)</I> <B><P>Robinson, Skinner & Co <BR><I>Warrington, Lancs, England (c 1890 - c 1900)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Robinson, Son & Skinner. The Mersey Glass Works. Pressed glass (1 design registered 10th May 1892)</I> <B><P>Robinson, Smith & Co <BR><I>Warrington, Lancs, England (c 1900 - c 1920)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Robinson, Skinner & Co. The Mersey Glass Works. Pressed glass (1 design registered 3rd July 1909)</I> <B><P>Robinson, Son & Co <BR><I>Warrington, Lancs, England (c 1920 - c 1890)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Robinson, Smith & Co. The Mersey Glass Works. Pressed glass. Taken over by John Walsh Walsh 1933 and moved to Birmingham</I> <B><P>Robinson, Son & Skinner <BR><I>Warrington, Lancs, England (c 1880 - c 1890)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Robinson & Skinner. The Mersey Glass Works. Pressed glass (1 design registered 10/12/1885)</I> <B><P>Rochère, Cristallerie la <BR><I>Passavant la Rochère, France (1475 to present)</B></I> <BR>Simon de Thysac.<I> Oldest active glass-works in France (and one of the world's oldest). Architectural glassware, tableware, lamps of multi-layered glass using techniques of Art Nouveau master glassmakers</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.larochere.fr">website</A> <B><P>Ronneby Glassworks FM <FONT SIZE=2></B>(Färe-Marcolin Konstglas)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Ronneby, Sweden (1961 - 1990)</B></I> <BR><I>The brothers </I>Josef & Benito Marcolin, <I>Venetian glass artists, were invited to come to Sweden by the Glimma glassworks in 1954. From 1957 to 1961 they worked at the Reijmyre glassworks, alongside </I>Tyra Lundgren, Monika Bratt, Tom Möller<I> & others. In 1961 they started their own glassworks. </I>Josef<I> married </I>Inga-Lill Färe<I>, hence the company name. Mostly ornaments, animal figures etc. Signed pressed paperweights by</I> Mats Jonasson <B><P>Rosenthal <BR><I>Amberg, Germany (1879 to present)</B></I> <BR>Philipp Rosenthal. <I>Originally decorator (from 1879) & manufacturer (from 1891) of porcelain. Glassware first produced 1954. Introduced 'studio-linie' high-quality tableware 1961. </I>Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva, Bjorn Wiinblad, Professor Claus Josef Riedel, Michael Boehm (1966-), Wolf Karnagel (1960s) <BR><A HREF="http://www.rosenthal.de">website</A> <B><P>Rosin Arte Studio, Dino <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (1975 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Founded by </I> Loredano Rosin (d. 1991), <I>carried on by his younger brother </I>Dino Rosin <BR><A HREF="http://www.rosinartestudio.com">website</A> <B><P>Rossi, Paolo, Maestro Vetrario <BR><I>Murano, Venice, Italy (current)</B></I> <BR><I>Reproduction Roman glass archaeological finds</I> <B><P>Rössler, Theodor <BR><I>Bohemia (c 1918 - 1938)</B></I> <BR><I>Cloisonné-style figurative enamellist</I> <B><P>Rotherham Glassworks <I>(see Beatson, Clark Glass Manufacturers)</I></B> <B><P>Rousseau, F Eugène <BR><I>Paris, France (c 1870 - c 1910)</B></I> <BR><I>Trained in porcelain and ceramics. Used Appert Frères at Clichy to produce cased, cameo, intaglio-engraved, sometimes crackled vases, frequently with bronze or siver mounts. </I>Alphonse-Georges Reyen (1877).<I> His pupil,</I> Ernest-Baptiste Léveillé <I>bought his workshop in 1885 and continued to produce Rousseau's designs until c 1910 (Rousseau died 1891). Vases sometimes signed "E Rousseau" (with or without "Paris")</I> <B><P>Royal Brierley Crystal <BR><I>Stourbridge, England (1931 - )</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Stevens & Williams. Royal warrant awarded by George V. After encountering financial difficulties in the late 1990s, went into receivership in 2000. Subsequently bought by various companies, finally becoming a division of Dartington Crystal in 2006</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.royalbrierley.com">website</A> <B><P>Royal Castle Flint Glass Works <BR><I>Hatton, near Tutbury, England (1871 - early 20th C) </B></I> <BR><I>Founded by JTH Richardson.</I> Francis & Charles Crossley, <I>(engravers). Fell into disuse, later re-built as Trent Valley Glassworks in 1947</I> <B><P>Royal Doulton Crystal <BR><I>Amblecote, Stourbridge, England (1986 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Formerly Webb Corbett. Cut lead crystal. Now part of WWRD (Waterford, Wedgwood & Royal Doulton) group, which also includes Royal Albert, Minton, Johnson Brothers & Franciscan</I> <BR><A HREF="http://uk.wwrd.com/en/uk/waterford/icat/royaldoulton">website</A> <B><P>Royale de Champagne-Bayel <BR><I>Bayel, France (1678 to present) </B></I> <BR><I>High quality blown, pressed, crystal tableware & decorative objects, both hot- & cold-worked, Pâte-de-Verre sculptures. Now part of the Haviland group</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.royaledechampagne.com">website</A> <B><P>Royal Kröne glassworks <BR><I>Sweden (20th Century)</B></I> <BR>Mats Jonasson <B><P>Royal Scandinavia <BR><I>Scandinavia (1997- )</B> <BR>A multinational glass & ceramics manufacturing group (of which the Carlsberg brewery is the largest shareholder) formed by the amalgamation of Kastrup-Holmegaard, Boda Nova-Höganäs Keramik, Orrefors Kosta Boda & Venini, as well as Georg Jensen jewellery & Royal Copenhagen china</I> <B><P>Rückl, Anton & Söhne <FONT SIZE=2></B>(now Rückl Crystal)</FONT><B> <BR><I>Ni~bor, Czechoslovakia (1846 - 1945, 1992 to present)</B></I> <BR><I>Vases, lamps etc. in cut cased, enamelled & gilded, spatter-glass. 1 design registered in UK in 1898 (listed as 'Antony Rueckl, Bienenthal, Bohemia, Austria. Glass Maker'). Glassworks nationalised after World War II and absorbed into ' eský KYiaeál' (Czech Crystal) in eske Budjovice, which in turn became part of 'Sklárny Bohemia' (Bohemia Glassworks) in Podbrady. In 1992, JiYí Rückl (a direct descendent of the Rückl glassmaking family) bought back the Ni~bor glassworks, & set up the firm 'Antonín Rückl a synové s.r.o.,sklárna Ni~bor', which became 'Rückl Crystal' in 1998</I> <BR><A HREF="http://www.ruckl.cz/en">website</A> <B><P>Rupel, Cristallerie de <BR><I>Boom, Belgium (1925 - 1972)</B></I> <BR>Paul Heller (1935), Theo Struppe (1938), Louis Wieme (1954), F A Van Ransbeeck (1956). <I>Trademarks: 'Artver', 'Artlux', 'Boom', 'Arlecchino', 'Bel'arte', 'Cristal'arte', 'Cristaloc', 'Alabasta' & 'Cascade'</I> <!--------------------------------------------STRIPE-------------------------------------------> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="pics/stripe.jpg" WIDTH=95% HEIGHT=5></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE=GARAMOND SIZE=5><I>.... carry on to section</FONT></I>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="mans-s.htm"><FONT SIZE=4>S</FONT></A> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="#TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>back to top of page</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>