-- Pattern Details
ELLIPSE [c1880s] (OMN) r&h
• AKA: USGC No. 4308 (USGC glass catalog 1893)
• MAKER: Richards & Hartley Glass Company/Pittsburgh, Tarentum-PA (Co. Operated: 1865-91), Introduced: c1880s Introduced
• NOTE: Sid Lethbridge 2023: It appears in the 1893 US Glass Stemware catalogue. Based on this catalogue, it originated at Factory E as Ellipse and then renumbered as US Glass No. 4308. It is definitely different from the early Ellipse pattern from that factory which dates to the 1860s/1870s. Based on the colour, this would date to the mid-1880s.
• MOTIFS: Bands/Rings, Plain, Hexagon, Large
• AKA: USGC No. 4308 (USGC glass catalog 1893)
• MAKER: Richards & Hartley Glass Company/Pittsburgh, Tarentum-PA (Co. Operated: 1865-91), Introduced: c1880s Introduced
• NOTE: Sid Lethbridge 2023: It appears in the 1893 US Glass Stemware catalogue. Based on this catalogue, it originated at Factory E as Ellipse and then renumbered as US Glass No. 4308. It is definitely different from the early Ellipse pattern from that factory which dates to the 1860s/1870s. Based on the colour, this would date to the mid-1880s.
• MOTIFS: Bands/Rings, Plain, Hexagon, Large