Lig lenox_imperial glass set of 7

28 July 2005

There are 7 glasses. Have LIG on bottom.
HISTORY:
The Imperial Glass Company was organized in 1901 in Bellaire, Ohio, and started
manufacturing glassware in 1904. Its primary product was pattern (pressed) glass. By 1910 they
were making a name for themselves by pressing carnival glass. Other lines were added including
NUART, NUCUT, AND NEAR CUT. In 1916 the company introduced “Free-Hand,” (1922-
1928) a lustered art glass line, and “Imperial Jewels,” (1916-1920) an iridescent stretch glass
that carried the Imperial cross trademark. In the 1920s, Imperial was one of the dominate
manufacturers of iridescent or Carnival glass.

In 1931 the company entered bankruptcy but reorganized into the Imperial Glass
Corporation. In 1940 Imperial bought the molds and assets of the Central Glass Works of
Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1958 they acquired the moulds of the Heisey Company, and in 1960
the moulds of the Cambridge Glass Company of Cambridge, Ohio. Imperial used (reissued)
these moulds, and after 1951 marked their glass with the “I” superimposed over the “G.” The
company became a subsidiary of Lenox, Inc. in 1973 and an “L” was added to the “IG” mark. In
1981 Lenox sold Imperial to Arthur Lorch, a private investor, who modified the “L” by adding a
line at the top angled to the left (ALIG). He sold the company to Robert F. Stahl, Jr., in 1982.
Mr. Stahl filed for Chapter 11 to reorganize, but in mid-1984 all assets were sold to Lancaster
Colony and Consolidated International

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