Anchor Hocking Glass Timeline

1905
- Hocking Glass Company founded by Isaac Collins and EB Good
- Lancaster Carbon Company purchased

1924
- The original plant, nicknamed the Black Cat, burns down
- Plant1 built on the original plant’s site
- Controlling interest purchased -Lancaster Glass Co. (Plant 2)
- Controlling interest purchased -Standard Class Co.

1929
- 15-mold machine developed that could produce 90 pieces of glassware per minute enabling the company to offer low cost glass items and survive the Great Depression.

1931
- 50% of the General Glass Company is purchased
- General Glass acquires Turner Glass Company of Winchester, Indiana

1934
- The first one-way beer bottle is developed

1937
- Hocking Glass Company and Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation merge
- Name changes to Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation

1940’s
- Purchased Carr-Lowry Glass Company, Maryland
- Purchased Maywood Glass, west coast

1950’s
- Research and Development Center opened in Lancaster, Ohio
- Purchased Tropical Glass and Container Company, Jacksonville Florida

1959
- New facility built in San Leandro, California

1962
- New glass container plant built in Houston, Texas
- 2nd unit added to R&D, renamed the General Development Laboratory

1963
- Zanesville Mold Company in Ohio became a subsidiary of Anchor Hocking Glass

1968
- Plastics Incorporated acquired in St Paul, Minnesota
- Plastic plant built in Springdale, Ohio


1969
- Name changed to Anchor Hocking Corporation – “Glass” dropped due to product diversification

1970
- Phoenix Glass Company, Monaca, Pennsylvania purchased
- Taylor, Smith & Taylor Company, Chester, West Virginia purchased

1978
- Phoenix Glass Company destroyed by fire

1979
- Shenango China, New Castle, Pennsylvania purchased

1981
- Taylor, Smith and Taylor sold

1983
- Glass Container Division sold to Wesray Corp who used the name Anchor Glass Container Corporation for this division and maintained seven manufacturing plants and an office in Lancaster, Ohio.

1987
- Newell Corporation acquires the Anchor Hocking Corporation
- Clarksburg, West Virginia facility closed

1988
- Shenango China sold by Newell Corporation

1989
- Carr-Lowry Glass sold by Newell Corporation

2001
- Libbey makes unsuccessful attempt to purchase Anchor Hocking

2002
- Anchor Hocking sold to Global Home Products

2006
- Global Home Products and Anchor Hocking file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

EAPG Virginia Banded Portand

Manufactured in 1901 as Virginia by Portland Glass Company, part of US Glass as part of the States Series. Commonly called Banded Portland by collectors. Shown is the celery vase and the pitcher.

EAPG The Prize Berry Bowls National Glass 1902

These EAPG berry bowls are in "The Prize" pattern by the National Glass Company, circa 1902. The pattern was so named because it won first prize for design in the prior year. Measuring 4” wide and 2” tall with slightly cupped rims they have a scalloped edge of alternating round and pointed tips. The design around the bowl also has an alternating round and pointed design and there is a 26 point star on the bottom. The design is very crisp, it almost feels cut, but not quite.

EAPG O’Hara Bartholdi Spooner Etch #362 c 1886

This lovely EAPG Bartholdi Spooner with Etch #362 was made by O’Hara Glass Company of Pittsburgh and dates back to 1886. The pattern was introduced in 1886, named in honor of the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. It measures approximately 4 7/8 inches high and has a buttons and stars design around the rim and base as well as the etch in the center.

EAPG Westmoreland 1907 Paddlewheel tall compote

This Early American Pattern Glass (EAPG) piece is a tall compote in the Paddlewheel pattern by Westmoreland glass c. 1907. Featuring whirling hobstars and a scalloped sawtooth edge on the bowl and a tall slender stem this is one of my favorites.