Victorian Glass for sale.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 at Crystal Palace in London provided the impetus for many new innovations in the decorative arts. Victorian taste was changing, and manufacturers were rushing to satisfy these new desires.

 

Manufacturers and designers like Stourbridge, Sowerby, Jobling, Davidson were innovative and dynamic. American glass companies like the New England Glass Works, Mount Washington Glass Co., and Hobbs, Brockunier & Co (Wheeling). Libbey and Dorflinger also became known for brilliant cut glass

 

The Victorians mass production, their wealth and aspirations has left the Victorian Glass Collector with an abundance of choice.