Libbey hails originally from East Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of the New England Glass Company, which was founded in 1818. In 1888, Edward Drummond Libbey, son of the first corporate owner, William, moved the company to Toledo, Ohio.
With abundant natural gas resources, access to high-quality sand and a network of railroad and steamship lines, Northwest Ohio was an ideal location. In 1892, the name was changed to The Libbey Glass Company. Libbey and Toledo were (and still are) a match made in heaven and thus The Glass City was born.
As a vanguard of the glassmaking industry, Libbey is proud to own a number of “firsts”: first to automatically produce lightbulbs, first to develop machine blown glass, first one-piece press and blow stemware. We’ve also brought unique glassmaking processes like marbelique to market.
Though our story is rooted in glassware, today we represent the complete tabletop. With the acquisition of World Tableware, Syracuse Tableware, Crisa and Crisal over the past 25 years, as well as new partnerships with luxury European brands, our portfolio now offers endless possibilities for food and drinks makers to bring their vision to life.
– information from libbey.com
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Libby glass company pattern identification
Disclaimer: I can’t guarantee these are official names, however this is what I’ve found in research and how I identify the glasses in my personal collection and when listing for resale
from my personal collection
for sale / sold by greenari
seen in the wild
my unicorns / wishlist