The Glass Town of

Founded in 1769 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane Originally Wheeling, VA

Was the original capital of the state from 1863–1870 and 1875-85

Access to the Ohio River

“Cumberland” National Road, the nation’s first roadway, was created by an act of Congress and reached Wheeling in 1818 from Cumberland, Maryland

B & O Railroad (1853)

Tarnell and McGriffin Carruthers 1820-1821 UnKnown

Gregg and Carruthers Pennell circa 1821 Unknown Products

Ritchie and Wheat 1829-circa 1839; cut glass, tableware

Wheeling Flint Glass Works 1829-1831; unknown products

Plunkett and Ensell 1830-1837; window glass

Franklin Glass House; unknown products

M and R.H. Sweeney and Company 1835-1845; cut glass, barware, stemware

Peachblow Jar with Lid 1885-1891WV Glass Towns, Dean Six

Plunkett and Miller 1837-1843; tableware, cut glass

Clinton Window Glass Works circa 1839; window glass

McNamee and Adams 1839-1842; unknown products

South Wheeling Glass Works circa 1840; unknown products

M & T Sweeney 1845-1848; tableware, cutglass

American Flint Glass Works 1848-1852; cut glass

Sweeney and Bell 1848-1851; tableware, cut glass

Union Glass Works circa 1849; hollowware

Hobbs, Barnes & Company 1849-circa 1856; tableware, novelties

Hobbs & Barnes post 1856-circa 1880; tableware/pressed

Anderson & Company circa 1850; unknown products

T. Sweeney and Son 1852-1863; tableware, cut glass

Quarrier and Company circa 1856; products unknown

Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. 1863-curca 1886; tableware, art glass, lighting ware

Osterling & Hall 1863-1864; unknown products

Osterling, Henderson and Co 1864-1867; unknown products

WV Glass Towns, Dean Six

Central Glass Company 1867-1891; tableware

Sweeney, Bell and Co 1867-1868; tableware, cut glass

North Wheeling Glass Co. 1886-1917; beer, medicine, mineral water & novelty bottles

Hobbs Glass Company 1891; pressed pattern glass

U.S. Glass Factory O 1891-1896; tableware

U.S. Glass Factory H 1981-1983; tableware, art glass

Central Glass Works 1896-1939; tableware, stemware

H. Northwood & Co 1902-1925; tableware, novelties

WV Glass Towns, Dean Six

Wheeling Glass Letter & Novelty Co. circa 1904-circa 1915; glass letters for signs, novelties

Enterprise Specialty Co circa 1907; tableware

Haskings Glass Company circa 1913; gas & electric shades, globes

North Wheeling Glass Bottle Co. 1919-1923; flasks, medicine bottles

Bonita Art Glass Company circa 1919-1925; stem ware, bar ware, tableware

Large green crackle glass flip vase w/ label “Bonita Hand Made” rough pontil , small imitation crackle fan vase with applied leaf, rough pontil. (from WV Glass: Between the World Wars – Schiffer/Six)

WV Glass Towns, Dean Six

1863 formed by disgruntled employees of Barnes, Hobbs and Co.

Collectively financed the opening of their own glasshouse in an old pork packing plant and distillery

High-grade tableware, gold decorated and cut stemware and tumblers, etched tableware, hotel and bar glassware (WV Glass Between the World Wars, Schiffer/Six)

Purchased Chippendale line moulds (pressed patterns) from Jefferson Glass.

Later combined with US Glass Co and became ‘Factory O’ in 1891 – flint glass/tableware

Circa 1871 – Cabbage Rose Design

1901 Otto Jaegar organized the company and served as secretary, treasurer, and general manager.

Specialized in stem ware, bar ware, tableware, decorative china and glass

Jaegar moved the company to Huntington, WV in 1925 following an accident being hit by a car.

1931 Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. est. headquarters in Wheeling

Produced metal closures for bottles and jars.

Never produced hot glass at this location.