Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company

 

Early Years 1893 - 1910 

 Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company and the Wallace and McAfee Company merged to form the Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company in 1893.  A fire in 1895 forced the company to move to a new site in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. There the production of lamps, globes, and art glass shades made Consolidated a lighting manufacturing giant by 1910 with over 400 employees.

  Although Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company's main product line consisted of lighting and lighting accouterments, the company also produced lovely tableware and other art and pattern glass items.

I. Lighting Examples

Ruby Red Satin Art Glass Lamp, Baby Face or Cherub Pattern

Yellow Glossy Cased Table Lamp Bulging Loops Pattern

Opaque Lamp Base, Cosmos Pattern

Blue Satin Art Glass Parlor Lamp Base, Baby Face or Cherub Pattern

Red Satin Art Glass Parlor Lamp Base, Twisted Column Pattern

Pink Cased Mini Lamp, Cone Pattern

 

II.  Glass Types Examples

A. Opaque Glass

What is opaque glass?  Opaque glass is a solid colored glass that allows little or no light to pass through it. The white opaque glass is often referred to as milk glass.

Colors in Opaque Glass: blue, pink, green, white, and other colors not shown here

Blue Opaque  Glass Salt Shaker, Pineapple Pattern

Pink Opaque Glass Salt Shaker, Cone Pattern

Pink Opaque Glass Toothpick Holder, Pansy Pattern

Green Opaque Glass Salt, Shaker, Palm Leaf Pattern

White Opaque Glass Toothpick , Holder, Seaweed and Shell Pattern

White Opaque Glass Salt Shaker, Leaning Pattern

Variegated Opaque Glass

What is variegated opaque glass? Variegated opaque is a combination of two opaque colors swirled throughout the glass, usually white and another color. Variations in color are achieved by the incomplete mixing of colors.

Colors in Opaque Glass: pink, white, and other colors not shown here

Pink Variegated Opaque Glass Salt Shaker, Squatty Guttate Pattern

Pink Variegated Opaque Glass Salt Shaker, Overlapping Shell Pattern

Pink Variegated Opaque Glass Salt Shaker, Leaning Pattern

B.  Cased Glass

What is cased glass? Cased glass has an inner layer covered by a colored middle layer, covered by a clear outside layer.  

Colors in Cased Glass:  pink, white, yellow, and other colors not shown here

Pink Cased Glass Toothpick Holder, Bulging Petal Pattern

Pink Cased Glass Salt Shaker, Guttate Pattern

Pink Cased Glass Salt Shaker, Quilted Phlox Pattern

White Cased Glass Toothpick, Holder, Bulging Petal Pattern

White Cased Glass Mustard, Bulging Petal Pattern

Yellow Cased Glass Salt Shaker, Cone Pattern

Variegate Cased Glass

What is variegated cased glass? Variegated glass is a combination of two colors swirled throughout the glass, usually white and another color. To make it cased it is then covered by a clear layer of glass on the outside.


Yellow Variegated Cased Glass, Salt Shaker in the Cone Pattern

Yellow Variegated Cased Glass, Mustard in the Cone Pattern

III. Tableware

Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company produced some patterns and glass types in a complete line of tableware, while other patterns and glass types might be limited to a few select items.

Yellow Cased Glass Sugar Bowl, Cone Pattern

Yellow Cased Glass Cruet, Cone Pattern

Yellow Variegated Cased Glass Sugar Shaker,  Cone Pattern

White Opaque Glass with Painted Decoration Syrup Pitcher, Wild Iris Pattern

White Opaque Glass Syrup Pitcher, Guttate Pattern

White Opaque Glass with Painted Decoration Salt Shaker, Wild Iris Pattern