A.H. Heisey and Company

GLASS
A.H. HEISEY
& COMPANY
ANIMAL
COVERED
DISHES*
IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
*CHICKENS NOT INCLUDED
JENNIFER PATTON

ABOUT ME
Hi! My name is Jen and this is a little bit about myself. First, I must say this project was a lot of fun.
Like a book from my gradeschool years lol. I don’t know if children today still do book reports, but when
I was in school, they were required and boy did I dread reading the assigned books then having to
summarize them! I loved reading books that interested me and hopefully this will interest you. I created
it for anyone that needs help with identification. For the novice glass collectors that buy animal covered
dishes because they fall in love with the way they look or the type of animals they are, or simply for
their colors. For the avid collectors who enjoy buying a few of each animal regardless of the maker. For
the veteran collectors who may have hundreds of glass dishes who never cease to amaze me with their
beautiful collections. For the people that have inherited or purchased someone’s entire collection or
part of a collection and need help to identify things. For the people like me that are meticulous about
every detail needing to label things and just absolutely need to know the whats, whens, whos, hows and
whys of the animal dishes they own. For me, what started with one Asian yellow stained glass bunny on
a nest, has flourished into a full blown collection of hundreds of mixed and matched animal covered
“candy” dishes of all glass types and colors. No particular glass maker, just everything I can’t live
without. LOL. Anyone that knows me would tell you that I stop at nothing, studying book after book
searching for answers about my own glass animals until I find them. I have never been satisfied with a
mystery….unless it involves me watching Columbo, my lifelong favorite television program! I am a
mystery solver... a true detective. I get this from my Mother, Cindy -Sultana- Wheatley. I need to get to
the bottom of a piece of unidentified glass. It drives me bananas not to know everything I can about
each piece that I own. Next, I will tell you that the monetary value of my glassware means nothing to
me. I collect it because I love it. However, unique and rare is always a find! Sure, like every collector, I
love a bargain and have had to pass up many pieces that I could not afford. Ooooh the ones that got
away. They haunt me. I can assure you that when I get a new addition to my collection, it has found its
forever home. Someone before me and usually possibly before them owned these animal covered
dishes making a kind of history that I can only imagine in my mind, its importance to each person. There
is a reason behind every single glassware in every single dwelling. Glass symbolizes many things. It is
proudly displayed. It is important to the person who owns it. I enjoy seeing the happiness glassware
brings to people, especially these animal covered dishes. Who doesn’t love animals? I also enjoy seeing
my collection knowing these pieces of history live on and hope that when I am long gone, they will be in
other homes. My glass brings me peace; most peaceful in the evenings when the cabinet lights are on
and the glass does its natural thing; what it was intended to do since the day it was made...look pretty!
To me, it is reminiscent of having a year round Christmas Tree. Glass is AMAZING! I am a country girl
through and through. I love all things nature. I am an avid bird watcher and an all around animal lover. I
live in the beautiful state of Kentucky with my husband and our two dogs, Monkey and Johnnie, who by
the way, is named after my all time favorite singer, Johnny Cash.

Glass Animal Covered Dishes © Jennifer Patton
glass animal covered dishes
by Jennifer Patton:
A.H. Heisey & Company
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A.h. heisey & company
A. H. Heisey & Company was founded by A.H. Heisey in Newark, Ohio in
1895/1896. In 1900, the Diamond H trademark (registered trademark
#50121) was designed and much of the glass was marked, making it easy
to identify today. Heisey was a family business, operated by Heisey
family members. During WWII, Heisey glass making slowed down and, in
the end, foreign imports caused too much competition for them, and
they closed permanently in December 1957.
Heisey only produced one animal covered dish, a Lion Trinket Dish.
Imperial purchased the Lion dish mold in 1958.
Heisey produced butter dish with horse finial, Duck and Bird Floral
Blocks and many figural animals. Imperial Glass of Bellaire, Ohio
acquired fifty-six animal figure molds in 1958. To tell the difference
in the figural animals: Heisey glass will react under black lighting
and Imperial will not.
Beware of Asian made animal covered dishes bearing Diamond H
logos on their bases. These are not Heisey pieces! They are imported
Asian pieces by AA Importing Company. The imposter's diamonds
are much wider, and the H is wrong as well.

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a.h. Heisey & cO. lion trinket dish
Lion Trinket Dish ca. 1937-1947 was original to A.H. Heisey & Co. The
base came in Waverly Pattern #1519 or plain. Made only in Crystal.
Marked Diamond H on the base. Imperial Glass of Bellaire got the mold in
1958 and the Lion was reissued by them in 1981. Diamond
H logo
Note: There
are fake
Heisey logos
on Asian
made
glassware.
The diamond
is short and
wide.
Waverly pattern photos by Cheryl Hoskins
Plain base Lion photos are courtesy of William McKelvey

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A.H. Heisey & Company
BIBLIOGRAPHY: A.H. Heisey & Company:
Online: wiki.lickingcountylibrary.info/Heisey_Glass_Company -HISTORY
Online: https://heiseymuseum.org/about-heisey-glass -HISTORY
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