(See Wilson 1994, pp. 57-63 for additional factories, not all of which had cutting shops.)
Companies That Had Cutting Shops on Their Premises:
Pittsburgh Glass Works, Pittsburgh, PA
James O'Hara and Isaac Craig, 1797-1804
James O'Hara, 1804-20, others until 1886
Peter William Eichbaum, early manager and cutter (later an independent cutter; also cut for Bakewell)
Pittsburgh Flint Glass Works, Pittsburgh, PA
Bakewell & Ensell, 1808-9
Bakewell, Page & Bakewell and several other names that include "Bakewell", Pittsburgh, PA, 1809-82
Boston Glass Manufactory, South Boston, MA
South Boston Flint Glass Works, South Boston, MA, 1813-27
Phoenix Glass Works, South Boston, MA, c1820-70
Thomas Cains, c1820-65; William Cains, 1865-70
Birmingham Glass Works, Pittsburgh, PA
Charles Ihmsen (c1813)
New England Glass Company, East Cambridge, MA and Toledo, OH
New England Glass Company, East Cambridge, MA, 1818-80
Superintendents: Thomas H. Leighton, c1826-49; John H. Leighton, 1849-74. Agent: William L. Libbey, 1872-83
New England Glass Works, Wm. L. Libbey & Son, Props., East Cambridge, MA, 1880-88
Re-located: Toledo, OH (1888)
Wm. Libbey & Son, Toledo, OH, 1888-92
Libbey Glass Company, Toledo, OH, 1892-
Old Virginia Flint Glass Works, Wellsburg, WV, 1815-19
White Flint Glass Works, Wellsburg, WV, 1819-21
Isaac Duval & Company, Wellsburg, WV, 1821-31 (first cut glass 1825)
Thomas O'Brien, Wellsburg, WV, c1832-c1859 (cutting shop)
South Ferry Glass Works, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Flint Glass Company, Brooklyn, NY, 1840-68
John L. Gilliland and Company, 1823-64
Hoare, Burns & Dailey, 1857-63 (cutting shop)
Hoare and Gould, 1863-66 (cutting shop)
Amory and Francis Houghton and others (1864)
Relocated: Corning, NY (1868)
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY, 1868-present (various names)
Hoare & Dailey, 1868-c75 (cutting shop)
John Hoare, Rich Cut Glassware, c1875-87) (cutting shop)
J. Hoare & Company, 1887-1920 (cutting shop)
Jersey Glass Company, Jersey City, NJ, 1824-62
George and Phineas Dummer and partners, 1824-62
Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (factory), Sandwich, MA, 1825-88
Deming Jarves, 1825-58
Boston & Sandwich Glass Works (office and showroom), Boston, MA, 1826-88
Union Flint Glass Company, Philadelphia (Kensington), PA, 1826-44
Richard Synar, 1826-?; Charles Austin, 1827-42
Fort Pitt Glass Works, Pittsburgh, PA
R. B. and William Curling, William Price, 1827-35
Curling, Robertson and Company, 1835-59
The Dithridges, 1859-64
Dithridge Glass Company, 1865-90
Wheeling Flint Glass Works, Wheeling, WV
Ritchie & Wheat, Wheeling, WV, with successive Ritchie owners, 1829-37
F. Plunkett & Company, Plunkett & Miller, 1837-41
North Wheeling Flint Glass Works, Wheeling, WV
M. & R. H. Sweeney, 1835-45
M. & T. Sweeney, 1845-48
Sweeneys & Bell, 1848-52
T. Sweeney & Son, 1852-63
Mt. Washington Glass Works, South Boston, MA, c1837-70
Deming Jarves, c1837-?
Mt. Washington Glass Works, New Bedford, MA, 1870-76
Mt. Washington Glass Company, New Bedford, MA, 1876-c1907 (absorbed by The Pairpoint Corporation)
American Flint Glass Works (American Glass Company), South Boston, MA, 1843-58
O'Hara Glass Works, Pittsburgh, PA
James B. Lyon and various partners, 1848-75 (Specialized in pressed glass after 1858)
O'Hara Glass Company, Ltd., 1875-91
Bay State Glass Company, East Cambridge, MA, 1849?-77
Suffolk Glass Works, South Boston, MA, 1852-85
Dorflinger Glass Company, Brooklyn, NY and White Mills, PA
Flint Glass Works (Concord St.), Brooklyn, NY, 1852-58
Long Island Flint Glass Works (Plymouth St.), Brooklyn, NY, 1853-70
Dorflinger Glass Works, Brooklyn, NY, 1858-70
Greenpoint Flint Glass Works (Commercial St.), Brooklyn, NY, 1860-82
Dorflinger Glass Company, 1869
Wayne County Glass Works, White Mills, PA, 1867-86
C. Dorflinger & Sons, 1881-1904
C. Dorflinger & Sons, Inc., 1904-24
Franklin Glass Company, South Boston, MA, 1854-1860?
Union Glass Works, Union Glass Company, Somerville, MA, 1854-1924
Cape Cod Glass Works, Sandwich, MA
Deming Jarves, 1858-64
Cape Cod Glass Company, 1864-69
Tremont Glass Works, South Boston, MA, 1860-?
Franklin Flint Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pa, 1861-63
William T. Gillinder, Philadelphia, PA, 1861-63
Gillinder & Bennett, Philadelphia, Pa, 1863-67
Gillinder & Sons, Philadelphia, PA, 1867-1930
Gillinder Brothers, Philadelphia, PA, 1930-present
Portland Glass Company, Portland, ME, 1863-73
South Wheeling Glass Works, South Wheeling, WV
Barnes, Hobbs & Company, c1845-63
J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier & Company, South Wheeling, WV, 1863-87
Meriden Flint Glass Company, West Meriden, CT, 1874?-1888
Cutting Shops That Were Independent of Glass Factories:
McLord and Shiner, Philadelphia, PA
J. Stouvenel & Company, New York, NY
Jackson and Baggott, New York, NY
E. V. Haugwout & Company, New York, NY, by 1851-late 1860s
Principal Books:
Please see the Bibliography for books by the following authors: Barlow and Kaiser 1999, Daniel 1950, Farrar and Spillman 1979, Feller 1988, Innes 1976, McKearin and McKearin 1948, McKearin and McKearin 1950, Polak 1975, Reilly 1994, Palmer 2004, Sinclaire and Spillman 1997, Spillman 1996, Spillman and Franz 1990, Spillman and Farrar 1977, Wilson 1972, and Wilson 1994.
Principal Articles:
Baker, G. E., 1990: On the cover [North Wheeling Flint Glass Works], The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 161, pp. 2-4 (spring 1990).
Bishop, B. J., 1997: The rebirth of Carl Mattoni, Sandwich's Bohemian glass engraver, The Acorn, Vol. 7, pp. 3-19.
Crawford, Jr., T. A., 1991: The attribution of cut glass prior to the brilliant fashion. The Acorn, Vol. 2, pp.41-71.
Eige, Eason, 1985: The "sheaf of wheat" [pattern], The Hobstar, Vol. 7, No. 10, p. 9 (Jul).
Eige, Eason (editor), 1992: On the cover [Bakewell, Page and Bakewell], The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 166, p. 2 (winter 1992).
Feller, J. Q. and D. J. Dorflinger, 1988: Dorflinger's colored glass, The Magazine Antiques, Jul 1988, pp. 148-51.
Green, Arthur, 2000: Engraving and cut decoration in early American glassware: some new finds, The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 186, pp. 6-11 (spring 2000).
Maycock, S. E., 1995: Louis Vaupel: his life and work at the New England Glass Company, The Acorn, Vol. 6, pp. 3-21.
Merrill, N. O., 1980: Engraved New England glass at the Chrysler, The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 131, pp. 3-4 (fall 1980).
Mills, M. C., 2004: Early 19th century American blown flint glass: a beginner's guide to connoisseurship, The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 198, pp. 7-13 (spring 2004).
Nelson, K. J., 1996: The "Short Biography" of the glass engraver Louis Vaupel, The Magazine Antiques, April 1996, pp. 564-73.
Nelson, K. J., 1998: The Boston & Sandwich Glass Company trade catalog, c.1880, The Acorn, Vol. 8, pp. 40-101.
Palmer, Arlene, 2005: The luxury glass of Bakewell, Page and Bakewell, The Magazine Antiques, Feb 2005, pp. 72-79.
Schwind, A. P., 1984: Joseph Baggott, New York glasscutter, The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 142, pp. 9-13 (winter 1984).
Schwind, A. P. (editor), 1986: On the cover [Jarves presentation goblet], The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 150, pp. 2-3 (fall 1986).
Schwind, A. P., 1988/89: Some notes on cutters and engravers of glass in early America, The Glass Club Bulletin, no. 157, pp. 6-10 (winter 1988/89).
Spillman, J. S., 1980: The Leighton pitcher in the Corning Museum, The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 129, cover and pp. 3-4 (spring 1980).
Spillman, J. S., 1985: Jersey Glass Company, Jersey City, New Jersey (1824-1862), Annales du 9e Congres International d'Etude Historique du Verre, pp. 319-31. Nancy, France, 22-28 May 1983.
Spillman, J. S. (editor), 2004: On the cover [Bakewell, Page & Bakewell], The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 200, p. 3 (autumn 2004).
Spillman, J. S. and A. C. Frelinghuysen, 1990: The Dummer glass and ceramic factories in Jersey City, New Jersey, The Magazine Antiques, March 1990, pp. 706-17.
Steiner, M. E., 1994: Early glassmaking at the Brooklyn Works, The Acorn, Vol. 5, pp. 45-69.
Steiner, M. E., 1997: The Brooklyn Flint Glass Company, The Acorn, Vol. 7, pp. 38-69.
Steiner, M. E., 2000: The Yankee's sharp nose, The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 187, pp. 8-10 (autumn).
Updated 1 Sep 2007