Plate, Printing
Object number2017.74.12
MediumMetal; Paint(?)
Credit LineGift of National Glass Budget
DescriptionFlat circular metal printing plate. Front has raised circular border and patonce cross at center surrounded by raised textual company name; yellow tint to the raised sections of the metal surface. Reverse is covered in copper brown media, possibly paint(?). Edges are slightly irregular.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 1.75 × 1.75 × 0.125 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.3 cm)InscriptionsFront has raised text "PILKINGTON GLASS".
Historical NotesThe National Glass Budget (NGB), a weekly review of the American glass industry that covered glass manufacture and distribution, was established in Wheeling, West Virginia, by Michel J. Owens as the Ohio Valley Boycotter in 1884. A Pittsburgh politician named Tim O’Leary acquired the publication and renamed it the National Glass Budget in 1890. Originally created as a union workers' publication, the NGB became increasingly orientated with the manufacturing side of the glass industry in the early twentieth century. The NGB boasted the largest circulation of any U.S. glass industry publication among manufacturers, jobbers, and dealers in all kinds of glass products during the twentieth century. The NGB also published special reports on associated enterprises which affected the glass industry. Elizabeth Scott became editor of the National Glass Budget in 1978. The NGB's name was changed to Glass News in 1984 and discontinued in 1988. The Glass Factory Directories are still being published.
Previous owner
National Glass Budget
Related institution
Pilkington
On View
Not on view
1972
1974
Wood Specialty Company
