Kemple Glass: 1945-1970
- Author(s): John R. Burkholder and D. Thomas O'Connor
- Category: Glass
- Publisher: Glass Press
- Publish year: 1997
- ISBN: 9781570800092
- Number of Pages: 160
Kemple Glass, 1945-1970 tells the story of this company, while illustrating its wide variety of products, including tableware, decorative plates, novelties, animal dishes, figurines, and free-hand wares. The John E. Kemple Glass Works operated for 25 years, first in East Palestine, Ohio, later at Kenova, West Virginia. Their motto was "Authentic Antique Reproductions", as they produced fine quality milk glass and colored glassware in the original molds from McKee, George Duncan & Sons, Co-Operative Flint, and other out-of-business glass companies. When the plant closed in 1970, most of the molds were sold to Wheaton Industries. The wares made by Wheaton from Kemple molds are also documented. A must-read for collectors and students of milk glass, colored pattern glass, slag glass, animal dishes, novelties, and West Virginia handmade glass.
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Copyright
DESCRIPTIONS OF COVERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
CHAPTER ONE THE KEMPLE STORY
CHAPTER TWO MANNINGTON ART GLASS PURCHASES
CHAPTER THREE THE TUSKA PURCHASES
CHAPTER FOUR NEW LIFE FOR McKEE MOLDS
CHAPTER FIVE KEMPLE GLASS IN COLOR
NOTES ON THE COLOR PAGES
KEMPLE GLASS IN COLOR CATALOG PAGE REPRINTS
CHAPTER SIX MISCELLANEOUS MOLD PURCHASES
CHAPTER SEVEN THE WHEATON STORY
APPENDIX CATALOG PAGE REPRINTS
OTHER KEMPLE ITEMS OF INTEREST
INDEXES
KEMPLE GLASS: 1945 -1970 1997 -1998 VALUE GUIDE
BIBLIOGRAPHY