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tiffin duck on wavy base:<br />
factory 'r' "<strong>Tiffin</strong>" duck to<br />
<strong>Tiffin</strong> Art <strong>Glass</strong> duck<br />
In 1955, U.S. <strong>Glass</strong> Company purchased machinery and nearly all molds<br />
from Duncan & Miller <strong>Glass</strong> Company who had been open for 115 years!<br />
Duncan & Miller closed in 1955 due to foreign competition.<br />
This is not when "The <strong>Tiffin</strong> Factory" got the Duck as some would believe. <br />
Perhaps this was believed because U.S. <strong>Glass</strong> Company operated their<br />
Duncan branch from <strong>Tiffin</strong>, Ohio. Duncan & Miller never produced this Duck<br />
dish*. We know the U.S. <strong>Glass</strong> Duck mold went to "The <strong>Tiffin</strong> Factory" in<br />
1932. U.S. <strong>Glass</strong> Company acquired the original Challinor, Taylor & Co. Duck<br />
mold in 1893 and continued production of the Duck dish in Crystal and<br />
Crystal decorated until 1915. It last appeared in the U.S. <strong>Glass</strong> export<br />
catalog of 1915. It is not known if the Duck was continued after 1915 by U.S.<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> or by any other glass factory involved in the U.S. <strong>Glass</strong> Company<br />
combine between 1915-1931/'32.<br />
tiffin glass<br />
By the end of the 1950's, Factory 'R' ("The <strong>Tiffin</strong> Factory") was in<br />
financial trouble. They filed bankruptcy in 1962. <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> was<br />
rescued by four former employees who purchased the glass company<br />
and changed the name to <strong>Tiffin</strong> Art <strong>Glass</strong> in 1963. Employees' names<br />
were C. W. Carlson Jr., Bea Platt, Ellsworth Beebe and Paul Williams. <br />
Start-up date was on 9/16/63. This was the official end of U.S. <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Company.<br />
*Duncan & Miller never produced the "<strong>Tiffin</strong> Style" Duck and certainly not<br />
in milk glass as previous literature has stated. Duncan & Miller <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Company produced beautiful crystal items. They did produce the Pall Mall<br />
Duck Dish which is unlike the "<strong>Tiffin</strong> Art <strong>Glass</strong>" Duck in question. Again, as I<br />
mentioned before, Challinor, Taylor & Co was the only glass factory to<br />
produce the Duck in opal.<br />
© <strong>Glass</strong> Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton