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GLASS<br />
BELMONT<br />
GLASSWORKS<br />
ANIMAL<br />
COVERED<br />
DISHES*<br />
IDENTIFICATION GUIDE<br />
*CHICKENS NOT INCLUDED<br />
JENNIFER PATTON
ABOUT ME<br />
Hi! My name is Jen and this is a little bit about myself. First, I must say this project was a lot of fun.<br />
Like a book from my gradeschool years lol. I don’t know if children today still do book reports, but when<br />
I was in school, they were required and boy did I dread reading the assigned books then having to<br />
summarize them! I loved reading books that interested me and hopefully this will interest you. I created<br />
it for anyone that needs help with identification. For the novice glass collectors that buy animal covered<br />
dishes because they fall in love with the way they look or the type of animals they are, or simply for<br />
their colors. For the avid collectors who enjoy buying a few of each animal regardless of the maker. For<br />
the veteran collectors who may have hundreds of glass dishes who never cease to amaze me with their<br />
beautiful collections. For the people that have inherited or purchased someone’s entire collection or<br />
part of a collection and need help to identify things. For the people like me that are meticulous about<br />
every detail needing to label things and just absolutely need to know the whats, whens, whos, hows and<br />
whys of the animal dishes they own. For me, what started with one Asian yellow stained glass bunny on<br />
a nest, has flourished into a full blown collection of hundreds of mixed and matched animal covered<br />
“candy” dishes of all glass types and colors. No particular glass maker, just everything I can’t live<br />
without. LOL. Anyone that knows me would tell you that I stop at nothing, studying book after book<br />
searching for answers about my own glass animals until I find them. I have never been satisfied with a<br />
mystery….unless it involves me watching Columbo, my lifelong favorite television program! I am a<br />
mystery solver... a true detective. I get this from my Mother, Cindy -Sultana- Wheatley. I need to get to<br />
the bottom of a piece of unidentified glass. It drives me bananas not to know everything I can about<br />
each piece that I own. Next, I will tell you that the monetary value of my glassware means nothing to<br />
me. I collect it because I love it. However, unique and rare is always a find! Sure, like every collector, I<br />
love a bargain and have had to pass up many pieces that I could not afford. Ooooh the ones that got<br />
away. They haunt me. I can assure you that when I get a new addition to my collection, it has found its<br />
forever home. Someone before me and usually possibly before them owned these animal covered<br />
dishes making a kind of history that I can only imagine in my mind, its importance to each person. There<br />
is a reason behind every single glassware in every single dwelling. Glass symbolizes many things. It is<br />
proudly displayed. It is important to the person who owns it. I enjoy seeing the happiness glassware<br />
brings to people, especially these animal covered dishes. Who doesn’t love animals? I also enjoy seeing<br />
my collection knowing these pieces of history live on and hope that when I am long gone, they will be in<br />
other homes. My glass brings me peace; most peaceful in the evenings when the cabinet lights are on<br />
and the glass does its natural thing; what it was intended to do since the day it was made...look pretty! <br />
To me, it is reminiscent of having a year round Christmas Tree. Glass is AMAZING! I am a country girl<br />
through and through. I love all things nature. I am an avid bird watcher and an all around animal lover. I<br />
live in the beautiful state of Kentucky with my husband and our two dogs, Monkey and Johnnie, who by<br />
the way, is named after my all time favorite singer, Johnny Cash.
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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<strong>Belmont</strong> glass works<br />
<strong>Belmont</strong> Glass Works began in Bellaire, Ohio in 1866 nearby Wheeling, WV in a<br />
location rich in transportation and fuel. The company was formed from Hobbs<br />
Glass Works employees who came from South Wheeling, WV. <strong>Belmont</strong> Glass first<br />
produced glass components in oil lanterns. By 1884, they were making table wares<br />
and novelty items such as the Swan and Cow covered dishes. In 1886 when natural<br />
gas was discovered in Findlay, Ohio, all but 3 of the original 17 glass companies<br />
located in Bellaire, Ohio left. <strong>Belmont</strong> remained. In 1890, <strong>Belmont</strong> Glass went out<br />
of business and demolished the building. McKee Glass Company acquired the<br />
molds. The <strong>Belmont</strong> Swan and Cow Butter Dishes with cover appeared in an 1890<br />
McKee Glass Company advertisement shown atop their original bases. McKee<br />
would go on to change the bases of the Swan and Cow dishes to their own.<br />
.
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bELMONT GLASS WORKS cow<br />
<strong>Belmont</strong> Glass Works Cow Dish was officially known as Cow Butter No. 49. It was<br />
introduced in 1884. Cow was made in Crystal, Crystal frosted, Canary, White<br />
opaque (Milk Glass) and White opaque with hand paint. Canary is UV reactive.<br />
Unmarked. 6 1/2" long.<br />
Mold acquired by McKee Glass Company when <strong>Belmont</strong> closed in 1890. McKee<br />
changed the base by 1893.<br />
Canary Cow by Aundi Lastinger Stokes<br />
Christine Browning<br />
Crystal by Lianne McNeil<br />
www.eBay.com/str/<br />
tidewatermall<br />
www.eBay.com/str/<br />
tidewatermall
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bELMONT GLASS WORKS cow<br />
Amber Shown with and without UV light Denise Brouillette<br />
Blue Denise Brouillette
ELMONT GLASSWORKS sWAN<br />
<strong>Belmont</strong> Glass Works Swan Dish was officially known as Swan Butter No. 60. It was<br />
introduced in 1884. Swan was patented by Brinton & Reaper as No. 15,650 on a<br />
weaved pedestal base. Swans were also paired with traditional shaped weaved<br />
bases with nubbies (bumps). Swans were produced in White opaque (Milk Glass),<br />
White opaque decorated with hand paint, Blue, Blue frosted, Canary, Crystal,<br />
Crystal frosted, Amber and Amber frosted. Blue being hardest to find. Lid is<br />
marked N. PATENTED APPLID FOR. 7" long.<br />
Mold acquired by McKee Glass Company when <strong>Belmont</strong> closed in 1890. McKee<br />
changed the base by 1893.<br />
Frosted Swans by Becky Grimmer<br />
Blue<br />
Becky Grimmer<br />
Amber by Denise Brouillette<br />
Opacity Partners White, decorated<br />
Crystal by<br />
Judith Lloyd<br />
Opacity Partners<br />
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton
ELMONT GLASSWORKS sWAN<br />
Canary by Christine Browning<br />
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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bELMONT GLASSWORKS<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY: <strong>Belmont</strong> <strong>Glassworks</strong>:<br />
Online: USA-McKee1890-Bird-W.jpg (2020×1591) (opensalts.us) -1890<br />
MCKEE AD WITH SWAN/COW ON ORIGINAL BASES<br />
Online: https://www.eapgs.org EAPGS Pattern Index - BELMONT GLASS<br />
WORKS No. .49 (OMN) -Sid Lethbridge-COW<br />
Online: https://www.eapgs.org EAPGS Pattern Index - BELMONT GLASS<br />
WORKS No. .60 SWAN BUTTER (OMN) -Sid Lethbridge-SWAN FROSTED<br />
COLORS<br />
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Sid Lethbridge, EAPGS<br />
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