National Capital Heisey Collectors Club and
National Capital Heisey Collectors Club and
the
National Capital Heisey Study Club
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What is Heisey Glass?
Heisey: A.
H. Heisey & Company began operations in Newark, Ohio, in April 1896.
For the next 62 years, they produced some of the highest quality
glassware made in America. In
addition to crystal, the company offered an array of colors, and were
equally admired for the artistry of their cutting and etching departments.
In November of 1900, Heisey began using the famous Diamond-H
trademark, which appeared on every piece of glassware sold by the company -
either in the form of a sticker, or actually impressed into the glass.
When you are Heisey hunting, it is important to keep in mind that the
Diamond-H was not pressed into every piece of Heisey glass.
Verlys-by-Heisey:
In 1954, Heisey acquired several of the Verlys molds and produced
pieces in crystal and turquoise. These
pieces were generally frosted. Verlys
was made originally in France and then, for many years, in America by the
Holophane Company. Verlys was
offered by Heisey for about 2 years. Verlys-by-Heisey
was not marked. The original
French pieces, and those made by Holophane, are generally signed in script
(either impressed or acid etched).
Heisey-by-Imperial:
In December 1957, Heisey went out of business, a victim of the
economy. In April 1958, the
Imperial Glass Corporation of Bellaire, Ohio, bought all of Heisey’s
patents, trademarks, etching plates, and molds.
This began the “Heisey-by-Imperial” era.
From 1958 to 1984, Imperial reissued many items from the Heisey
molds. Prior to 1968, some
Heisey-by-Imperial pieces were marked with the Diamond-H.
After 1968, all Heisey-by-Imperial pieces were either unmarked, or
had one of the following trademarks impressed in the glass: IG (Imperial
Glass), LIG (Imperial-by-Lenox), ALIG (Arthur Lorch Imperial Glass), or NI
(New Imperial). In December
1984, Imperial went out of business, victim of similar economic trends to
those which closed Heisey 25 years previously.
In 1984, the Heisey Collectors of America (HCA) acquired the rights
to the Diamond-H trademark. In
January 1985, they purchased from Imperial all of the original Heisey molds,
except those in the Old Williamsburg pattern.
Since then, HCA has used the molds to produce souvenir and gift items
to support the National
Heisey Glass Museum in Newark, Ohio.
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Copyright 2002, National Capital Heisey Collectors Club.
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