Creators

Some of Our Favorite Creators

Anchor Hocking

Named after the Hocking River, the company was once the operator of the oldest glass manufacturing facility in the United States. Anchor Hocking went on to create the oven friendly Fire-King brand that is welcome in many kitchens since the 1940s. Fire-King came in many styles and many colors, including the iconic Jade-ite.

Corning Inc./Corning Glass Works/Bay State Glass Co.

Corning Inc. has had several name changes and a multitude of successes in various aspects of glassware uses and abilities. Here at Alessi Vintage, we are most interested in their cooking items. With their low-expansion Pyrex and thermal shock resistant CorningWare, Corning has reduced many cooks’ broken dish list. As the parent company to Corelle, they created durable everyday tableware settings. CorningWare comes in various colors and patterns, including the most famous blue Cornflower. Pyrex mixing bowls, casserole dishes, fridge sets, and more were also released in many colors and patterns. These patterns often crossed over and can be found on the Corelle dish sets too. With a huge following from collectors, there is a wealth of available information online. The Corning Museum of Glass website has an extensive list including pictures and dates of manufacture.

Hazel Atlas Glass Co.

Hazel Atlas not only produced many lovely patterns of tableware settings, but also was a huge manufacturer of glass canning products. Founded in 1885 originally producing glass inserts for canning lids, they expanded to make lamp bases and many jars for creams and jellies. During the early 1900s they manufactured what is now referred to as depression glass. Creating clear colors of pressed glass with patterns. In later years they would reuse some patterns with "opal" or milk glass. For example the Moderntone pattern was made in clear cobalt blue and opal versions were pink, blue, yellow, and green. This company logo was an A inside of an H. If you recognize a pattern they made, but the logo stamp is three Cs inside each other that piece was produced after 1957 when they were bought by the Continental Can Co.

Miller Studio, Inc.

Founded as a corner store in Ohio, Miller’s chalk-ware lead the way in wall décor during the 1950s. We continue to love it today, despite their manufacturing space now being dedicated to heavier products with Beech Design & Manufacturing.