Novelty Glass Company | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-02

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00:02:09 1 History
00:02:18 1.1 Northwest Ohio gas boom
00:04:29 1.2 Fostoria
00:05:45 2 Organization
00:08:28 3 Production
00:10:35 4 Decline
00:11:57 5 Notes and references



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Novelty Glass Company of Fostoria was one of over 70 glass manufacturing companies that operated in northwest Ohio during the region's brief Gas Boom in the late 19th Century.  The company made drinking glasses, bar goods, and novelties.  Organization of the firm began late in 1890, with banker Rawson Crocker as president and veteran glass man Henry Crimmel as plant manager.  Production started in February 1891.  The plant was built on the site of the former Buttler Art Glass Company, which had been destroyed by fire in 1889.
During the early 1890s, many manufacturers were producing novelties that honored the 400th anniversary of the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Novelty Glass Company's contribution included commemorative punch bowl sets and salt shakers.  Some of this glassware displayed Columbus with a beard—which was rarely done. This commemorative work has subsequently become valuable to collectors.
Like many companies during northwest Ohio’s brief Gas Boom, the Novelty Glass Company was short-lived.  The plant was shut down in January 1892, with a restart planned for April.  The April restart did not happen, and plant manager Henry Crimmel left the firm for the Sneath Glass Company in Tiffin, Ohio.  In October of the same year, the Novelty plant was leased to the United States Glass Company, who also purchased the company's inventory of molds and related equipment.  Production began again, and the Novelty works became known as Factory T in the United States Glass Company conglomerate.  Approximately 100 people were employed making drinking glasses and stemware.  The restart did not last long, however.  The plant was destroyed by fire in April 1893.