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tiffin duck on wavy base: factory 'r' "Tiffin" duck to Tiffin Art Glass duck In 1888, a 3-furnace factory was built at the corner of 4th Ave. and Vine St. in Tiffin, Ohio. This was by A.J. Beatty & Sons Glass Company known as "The Tiffin Factory" which began operations in 1889. In 1892, A.J. Beatty and Sons of Tiffin, Ohio became Factory 'R' of the U.S. Glass combine. Factory 'R' (1892-1893 / 1894-1963) aka "The Tiffin Factory" would go on to be altered, closed, re-opened, burned down, rebuilt, bankrupted, sold, and expanded. Many different names and ownerships would follow. It is important to note that through their entire history, "Tiffin" was the name used to describe Factory 'R' and the glass they produced. So, the Duck they produced was always considered a Tiffin Duck. In 1893, Factory 'R' was destroyed by fire. With strong financial support and influence from the city of Tiffin in Ohio, the factory was rebuilt in 1894 and would stay part of the glass combine for the next 71 years or until 1963. Early 1900's: Gold labels in the shape of a shield marked USG were placed on their commercially marketed glass. These labels were used on commercially marketed glass through 1927. At this time, only household glassware had gold shield stickers with the letter T on them. The word Tiffin was also present. From 1927 on, ALL U.S. Glass was identified as Tiffin glass. As I mentioned before, I do not know if the "Tiffin" Duck was in production between 1915-1932. In 1932, the U.S. Glass Duck mold went to Factory 'R' in Tiffin, Ohio. In June 1938, U.S. Glass Company offices were relocated to Tiffin, Ohio from Pittsburgh, PA. By 1940, ALL commercial and household glassware by U.S. Glass Company was labeled with gold Tiffin shield stickers. No USG labels were used after 1940. They still operated as U.S. Glass Company but only used Tiffin labels and did so for the next 23 years. This is also a reason as why everyone called it "The Tiffin Factory". U.S. Glass did not close until 1963. © Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton
tiffin duck on wavy base: factory 'r' "Tiffin" duck to Tiffin Art Glass duck In 1955, U.S. Glass Company purchased machinery and nearly all molds from Duncan & Miller Glass Company who had been open for 115 years! Duncan & Miller closed in 1955 due to foreign competition. This is not when "The Tiffin Factory" got the Duck as some would believe. Perhaps this was believed because U.S. Glass Company operated their Duncan branch from Tiffin, Ohio. Duncan & Miller never produced this Duck dish*. We know the U.S. Glass Duck mold went to "The Tiffin Factory" in 1932. U.S. Glass Company acquired the original Challinor, Taylor & Co. Duck mold in 1893 and continued production of the Duck dish in Crystal and Crystal decorated until 1915. It last appeared in the U.S. Glass export catalog of 1915. It is not known if the Duck was continued after 1915 by U.S. Glass or by any other glass factory involved in the U.S. Glass Company combine between 1915-1931/'32. tiffin glass By the end of the 1950's, Factory 'R' ("The Tiffin Factory") was in financial trouble. They filed bankruptcy in 1962. Tiffin Glass was rescued by four former employees who purchased the glass company and changed the name to Tiffin Art Glass in 1963. Employees' names were C. W. Carlson Jr., Bea Platt, Ellsworth Beebe and Paul Williams. Start-up date was on 9/16/63. This was the official end of U.S. Glass Company. *Duncan & Miller never produced the "Tiffin Style" Duck and certainly not in milk glass as previous literature has stated. Duncan & Miller Glass Company produced beautiful crystal items. They did produce the Pall Mall Duck Dish which is unlike the "Tiffin Art Glass" Duck in question. Again, as I mentioned before, Challinor, Taylor & Co was the only glass factory to produce the Duck in opal. © Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton
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