Valentine Antique Gallery - Cambridge

Cambridge Glass Co. began as National Glass Company in 1902 in Cambridge, Ohio. At first it used molds that had been previously used by other glass companies then in 1904, the first original Cambridge Glass line was designed and produced. Cambridge Glass Co. continued production until 1954. In 1955, Sidney Albert of Akron, Ohio re-opened Cambridge Glass Co. and continued the production of the Cambridge line. Imperial Glass Co. purchased the assets of Cambridge Glass Co. in 1960 and continued operations until 1984 when it was forced into bankruptcy. The National Cambridge Collectors association acquired many of the molds and all the etching plates except for Rose Point. These molds and plates are now in the National Cambridge Collectors' museum in Cambridge, Ohio. Cambridge began using the well-known "C" withing the triangle in 1922 but all pieces of Cambridge Glass are not marked. The National Cambridge Collectors association controlls many of the original Cambridge glass molds preventing reproduction of those mold patterns. The figural flower frogs were reproduced by Imperial Glass Co. when it controlled the molds. Cambridge glass pattersn include caprice, rose point, tally ho, rock crystal, apple blossom, chantilly, cascade, crown tuscan, Mt. Vernon plus many others.