Westmoreland Milk Glass Neoclassical Roses Bow Lidded Urn Candy Compote 13"

Description

Vintage pressed glass lidded footed goblet urn by the Westmoreland Glass Company. Crafted of opaque white milk glass accented with a diamond lattice texture and hand painted with gilt details and Neoclassical swags of flowers and bows. The overlapping WG mark was used from about 1940-1980.

"The Westmoreland Glass Company was founded in 1889 when George West, his brother Charles West, and Ira Brainard purchased the Specialty Glass Company located in East Liverpool, Ohio, and moved it to Grapeville, Pennsylvania. Westmoreland's main production was pressed glass tableware lines, mustard jars, and candy containers. Westmoreland had its own mustard factory and tin shop on the property grounds of the factory. George West is regarded as the "Father of the Candy Container Industry" for the company's extensive production of candy containers. West Brothers was a separate company which produced the candy containers and other tinware while operating from the same factory. Westmoreland produced carnival glass beginning in 1908 and reissued novelties and pattern glass in carnival treatments in the 1970s until the plant closed in 1984. In 1921, George West left the company and started his own glass company, George West and Sons. Charles West became president while J.J. Brainard (son of Ira) became vice president of Westmoreland. The company changed its name to the Westmoreland Glass Company. Under the direction of Charles West, the company began to make high-quality hand-decorated glass from the 1920s through the 1930s. In 1937, Charles West retired and sold his interest to the Brainard family, which controlled the company until 1980. In the 1940s, the Brainards phased out the high-quality hand-decorated glass and began to produce primarily milk glass. In 1980, the Brainards sold the company to St. Louis, Missouri businessman David Grossman. The company went out of business in 1984.

Condition

Very Good - Slight wear to gilding

Dimensions

5” x 12.75” (Diameter x Height)