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

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

Grammytique's Item V189, Colonial pattern champagne glasses. The Colonial pattern was Heisey's most popular pattern in the early 1900's, but was used in this type of champagne glass as late as the early 1930's.  Heisey produced Colonial patterns in some lines throughout its history.

crystal. Additionally, the company's workforce was severely limited during the war. Heisey never recovered from this period. The post-war years saw the onslaught of machine-made glassware, increasingly being imported from abroad. The cost of producing hand-made glassware became prohibitive, and many of the country's great glass houses folded during this era. The plant closed on Christmas Eve, 1957 and was

Grammytique Item Q130, the Lariat Pattern that was popular in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Beautiful clear crystal glass is the hallmark of Heisey glass.

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