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and 1935. This is the "golden era" of Heisey colors, often referred to as the "Color Era" by collectors. Also in 1925, Heisey introduced reproductions of the old Sandwich Glass Company patterns from the mid-19th century (along with their own designs in "Sandwich Glass"). These Sandwich-inspired lines are not marked (for the most part) with the familiar diamond-H Heisey mark. In the early 1930's, with the end of prohibition, Heisey introduced popular beer mugs, decanters, shot glasses, stemware, and other misc. liquor wares. Collectors increasingly prize these interesting lines.
Heisey was one of the first glass houses to advertise to a national audience through the popular magazines of the age (circa 1910). In the stemware lines, Fostoria was Heisey's main competitor. Cambridge Glass and Duncan & Miller competed with Heisey in the popular
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tableware lines. Westmoreland competed with Heisey in some lines.
Augustus Heisey died in 1922. His Son E. Wilson Heisey then became the company's 2nd president. He ran the company, along with his brother T. Clarence until the company ceased operations in 1957. The company began to face a series of problems as early as WWII, when the government banned production of most cut and engraved
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