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Stoka
13-05-2009, 05:51 PM
Ravenhead Glass was a glassworks near Ravenhead Colliery, Merseyside, North West England. It was founded in 1850 by Frances Dixon and John Merson after a move from their earlier (1842) factory at Thatto Heath near St Helens.
In 1913 the company merged with five other glass manufacturers, forming UGB (United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Limited).

Until 1931 these companies were primarily bottle makers but they branched out into domestic tableware in the 1930s making bowls, jugs and drinking glasses, many of these showing Art Deco influences.

Following a downturn in the company’s fortunes (and various changes of ownership) in the late 1980s, it went into administration in 2001 and the factory closed.

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