BISCUIT JARS, ASHTRAYS, CANDLESTICKS, CELERIES, CIGARETTE BOXES, COMPORTS, CONDIMENT SETS, CUPS AND SAUCERS, FRUIT SETS, GRAPE FRUITS, HOTEL WARE, LEMON SQUEEZERS, MOUNTING GLASS, NOVELTIES, ROSE, SALAD BOWLS, SALAD SERVERS, SUNDAE GLASSES, TRINKET SETS, TUMBLERS, VASES, WATER SETS, HORS D'OEUVRE SETS, SUGARS AND CREAMERS, BASKETS, JARDINIERS ETC. *Four continuous oil-fired furnaces in 1956. I am not clear if this relates to the U.G.B. About 1926 or 1927 it acquired the Queensborough Bottle Works on the Isle of Sheppy after which the Canning Town factory was probably closed and the Sheppy factory became known as Canning Town Glass.įor a reference to the fact that there was a bottle works built near Canning Town in 1890 see (). where it continued working with at least one automatic bottle machine. During this period there was a move towards adopting the automatic bottle making machines developed in the USA, initially by Owens (Toledo, later Illinois) in 1903.Īfter the was Canning Town Glass Works reappears as a separate factory on its old site of no. These changes were probably associated with the war effort. in Pacific road, a turning off Ford Parks Road, and the Polygon Works Ltd. In addition, two new factories are listed, the London Bottle Co. while the Fords Park premises continues to be occupied by the City Glass Bottle Co. Instead, number 63 is now said to be occupied by National Glass Co. Nor is it in the list compiled by the Optical Munitions and Glassware Department of the Ministry of Munitions 1915 -1918. However Canning Town Glass Works Ltd, is not listed in the 1908 19 Kelly’s Directories. A new factory is the City Glass Bottle Co.listed as being at no. New premises are also reported on the south side of Fords Park Road as Canning Town Glass Co., glass bottle manufacturers next to Morgan Street which, today, is cut off by the A13 highway. In the 1902 directory the location is more precisely described as being as next to Fords Park Road. The Essex Directory for 1890 shows Canning Town Glass Works Ltd, Glass Bottle Manufacturers at 63 Forty Acre Lane (north side), Canning Town, with Mr E. John's Road, Canning Town, is recorded from 1890 to 1953 its factory was demolished in 1955. One of these, the City Glass Bottle Co., St. In the 1890s two glassworks were opened at Canning Town, and one at Stratford. The name of the factory is not know but this must be the site of what we call Bermondsey Glass.įor pictures of the excavation (no glass) see This is exactly the junction of Long Lane and Tower Bridge Road. Regeneration Project found evidence of what was described as a bottle factory at the NE corner of the site. at the junction of Long Lane and Tower Bridge Road.Īn archaeological excavation at the Igloo Bermondsey Sq. According to The Glass Message Board it was located approx. Nothing else is known about Guy Underwood or the Bermondsey factory, its dates or what it produced. The bubbly quality of the glass is appropriate for that of a bottle factory. A glass fish, datable to 1931, labelled Guy Underwood has been reported on the Glass Message Board.īlue glass moulded head by Guy Underwood. One is a cast head of the Virgin in blue glass, the other a vase with blue and green swirls. Glass Between the Wars, p.110 tells us that two pieces of glass from the Cyril Manley collection, both marked "Bermondsey Glass" and signed Guy Underwood, are now in the Broadfield House Glass museum. To Investigate Firms that Worked with Glass but were not Glass Makers CLICK:- Glass Working A List of Firms Making Glass * indicates data from the Society of Glass Technology Directory for the British Glass Industry, 1956. Both it and the Pellatt factory have been extensively recorded and are covered in my book. The Whitefriars factory, whose chimneys are shown in the masthead, is only briefly included in this list for sake of completion. Any further information on them or on other firms still unrecorded would be most helpful in filling out and expanding this survey. Of several I know almost nothing except their names. A specialisation in bottles seems to be as strong as it was in the 18th century. actually founding glass) have come to light, also many others that are workshops. One problem with the information available is that for some firms we do not know if they were glass makers or just decorators of pre-manufactured glass. Sorry I have been unable to reply to contributions but my reply component of the software is not working. (More info on item 5 extensively rewritten new glassworks at item 15.
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