Morgantown Glass

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The Morgantown Glass Works, established in Morgantown, West Virginia, was a productive glass house had its start in 1899. It became renown for high quality hand blown table wares and tumblers. By 1903 it had changed its name to the Economy Tumbler glass. Within seven years, colors were introduced and all tableware was made by mass production methods. By 1929 the company changed its name back to Morgantown Glass Works yet closed in 1937.

Stemware, bar glass and tableware was introduced with the reopening of the factory in 1939 as the Morgantown Glassware Guild. The stemware produced by Morgantown was exceptional as the bowls were hand blown, the stems molded and fused to the bowl while attached to a pontil as the rims were chilled separated from the blowpipe and then the rim was jet flame-glazed while moving on a conveyor belt. Special orders were copper wheel engraved by master craftsmen. The company was purchased by Fostoria that closed it permanently in 1965. Stemware was beautifully formed and often clear or colorless in the 1960s.

Yet Morgantown also produced varied color stemware such as ruby, green, blue and others, including bowls that were colored a dark grey with clear glass molded stems having acorn shapes. The current Old Morgantown Glass Collectors’Guild has an active membership. A Morgantown glass museum showing over 3000 examples of Morgantown products is located at 1628 Mileground Road, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Morgantown is known for its patterns of etched images of roses called American Beauty. In the late 20s and 30s it produced a stemware called Golf Ball that had a knob on the stem that resembled a small golf ball. Queen Louise with a silkscreen portrait, etched Sunrise Medallion (dancing girl), and the etched “Tinkerbell” c.1927, were other popular Morgantown patterns for plate, bowl and stemware dating in the depression era.

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