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COUDERSPORT GLASS STILL FOUND TODAY
Potter County
Water pitchers, vases, salt and pepper shakers, candy dishes and other examples of Coudersport Glass still surface from time to time at yard sales, flea markets, antique shops and estate sales. Some of the pieces are on display at the museum of the Potter County Historical Society in Coudersport.
They're the results of a twist of fate when the paths of two international glassmaking legends intersected in Potter County.
With an abundance of natural gas and rich sandstone and water resources, Coudersport seemed a natural location for glass manufacturing. Two members of the famous Webb family from England, brothers Joseph and H. Fitzroy Webb, opened a glass tile factory in the Mill Creek valley, just east of the business district in an area now referred to as Center Park.
Webb Patent Tile Company began production in late 1900. The factory had a separate division, the Joseph Webb Decorative Glass Company.
Potter County- A distinctive pea vine, or endless vine, pattern was molded or painted onto many of the vases and dishes.
With tile sales flat, the brothers focused entirely on glassware, which by then included paperweights and other novelty pieces. Sales did not meet the owners expectations and production ground to a halt in May 1901.
Two years later, another knowledgeable glassmaker, Harry Bastow, reopened the Webb plant to produce an expanded line of ornamental glass. Among those arriving with Bastow were brothers Frank L. Fenton and John W. Fenton.
Frank Fenton managed the decorating department, long before the family name was associated with one of the world's most famous lines of glassware. Sales were encouraging and marketing was extended beyond Potter County's borders.
On the night of Sunday, May 8, 1904, fire erupted near one of the cellar furnaces. Fanned by a strong southeasterly wind, the flames roared through the building.
Underinsured and unable to raise the necessary capital to rebuild, Bastow and the Fentons left town, never to return.
| Date | 8/21/2021 11:24:39 PM |
| File name | Coudy Glass JosWebb Decorative coudglass01.jpg |
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| Linked to | Bastow, Harry; Webb, H. Fitzroy; Webb, Joseph; Ness, Eliot; Fenton, Frank L.; Fenton, John W.; Rigas, John James; Beebe, Rachel; Bastow, Harry; Fenton, Frank L.; Fenton, John W.; Webb, H. Fitzroy; Webb, Joseph |
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