TWO (2) HEISEY Single Light Candlesticks Wampum Pattern #1533

• Height: 4.75 in • Crafted In United States • No Chips or Cracks - Excellent Condition The Heisey factory opened in April of 1896 in Newark, Ohio. The factory subsequently had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for fine glassware, and Heisey sold it all over the world. The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, much of it of such fine quality and sharpness of design that it appeared to be cut. Many bar and hotel ware was also made. In the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops and panels which had been so popular earlier in the century. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed. The Imperial Glass Corporation of Bellaire, Ohio, bought the existing molds from Heisey in 1958. They have used only a small portion of them, mostly patterns being made to fill existing orders when Heisey closed. Prior to January 1, 1968, part of this glass was still being made with the Heisey mark, but at that time, Imperial announced that they would no longer use it. Imperial Glass went out of business in 1984 and all of its assets were sold by liquidation in 1985. The Heisey Collectors of America organization was fortunate to be able to purchase most of the existing Heisey molds formerly in the possession of Imperial. Heisey owed its beauty to an excellent glass formula, high quality raw materials, and to the way