 For
eighty years Imperial produced a diverse array of hand-crafted glass items. At
the onset, production ranged from utilitarian glassware to electric and gas
lampshades. Then over the next twenty years the company transitioned to making
pressed patterns, Iridescent Ware (early Carnival), Free Hand and Lead
Lustre. Depression & Elegant patterns, beverage ware, Cathay and Milk
Glass would follow from the 1930's to 1950's. Slag Glass, reissued
Carnival, Collectors Crystal, Peachblow, and numerous gift-type
glassware would be made before the company would close its doors in
1984.
Two of Imperial's
best known designs originated in the 1930's. The first was Cape Cod in 1931,
followed by Candlewick in 1936. These two pattern lines proved to
be exceedingly popular with buyers for nearly fifty years. In fact,
Candlewick became one of the company's biggest success stories. Today Candlewick
is the line most people readily equate with the Imperial Glass Corporation.
Imperial's
productions mirrored the trends of the American Hand Made Glassware industry as
the interests of the consumer changed throughout the 20th Century. Even so the company closed it's dors in 1984 you can still buy these classic ameriac water Goblets and Tumblers.
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