Unsung Heroes!
We can find out a large amount of information about the Classic Carnival Glass makers like Fenton, Northwood, Sowerby and so on. Less familiar names may be the names of Carnival Glass makers that we have uncovered and researched - makers like Rindskopf, Eberard (Brazil), and Libochovice which are now documented on this website (in many cases, for the first time), mouldmakers and designers, and businessmen.
However, there are also the far less familiar "unsung heroes" - people who were part of the Carnival Glass world, but whose contribution has gone relatively unnoticed. We aim to give them proper recognition! Mould makers, pattern designers, inventors, import/export agents and others. As and when we find out more about these less well-known personalities, we will disclose them here.
However, there are also the far less familiar "unsung heroes" - people who were part of the Carnival Glass world, but whose contribution has gone relatively unnoticed. We aim to give them proper recognition! Mould makers, pattern designers, inventors, import/export agents and others. As and when we find out more about these less well-known personalities, we will disclose them here.
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Leo Valentin Pantocsek. Not a household name in the Carnival Glass world, but without his groundbreaking discovery of how to create iridescence on glass (in 1856), we might never have seen the production of Carnival Glass for the Millions! We tell the amazing story for the first time (and debunk the "Fake News" put out at the time by another glassmaking firm). Friedrich Wilhelm Kutzscher. Our major new feature on this extraordinary and highly influential master mouldmaker. Stephen Hipkins. Moulds were essential to make Carnival Glass, yet we know little about who made them. Here we take a look at one of the USA's master mouldmakers. |
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Charles Pratt. A British businessman who owned the National Glass Co. which imported large quantities of American pressed glass to England. He made the choices that affected the Carnival Glass that collectors have found in the UK. |
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Ludwig and Josef Lobmeyr. Heroes ... or not! The Austrian firm of J & L Lobmeyr has long been considered to have discovered the use of iridescence on glass in Bohemia in 1856. But ... did they just exploit someone else's invention? |
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Percival Marson. Marson was the “original Stourbridge developer” of iridised glass. He went on to be a chemist at Sowerby’s on Tyneside, where he developed the use of iridescent glass in 1905. |