Item description for RARE 1970s Confederate Brooke Crescent Amberina Diamond / Pineapple Fairy Lite

BROOKE GLASS COMPANY,INC. by Lloyd & Nan BROOKE GLASS COMPANY, INC. 1879 - PRESENT HISTORY The Riverside Glass Works was built in 1879 on the site where Brooke Glass Inc. stands today. They made a variety of tableware and oil lamps until 1907 when they closed due to bankruptcy. The plant was reopened in 1911 by Mr. Henry A. Rithner, Sr. in partnership with Mr. Ellery Worthen as the Crescent Glass Co. manufacturing "bargoods, tumblers as well as automobile headlight lenses and other lenses for the transportation industry" (Ref. 1). For a few years from about 1976 to 1982 Crescent had a retail line of products under the name of Confederate Glass and items can be found having paper labels with that name. The Rithner family operated Crescent until 1982 when it was closed and liquidated. In 1983 Henry Rithner III reopened the plant as Brooke Glass Inc. (Ref. 2). On March 30, 2001 the furnaces were shut down at the Brooke factory and there are no immediate plans to make any more glass. Instead they will contract other glass companies to replenish stock using Brooke molds and will retain their decorating and distributing departments (Ref. 3). The father and son team of Henry and David Rithner will continue to operate Brooke Glass. Their product line is mainly lamps and lamp parts including some candle lamps from the Confederate molds. These are made by hand pressing or press-blowing the pieces from clear or colored glass. Many of the pieces are hand painted with glass "ice" and enamel designs, which are fired on for permanence. In addition to 19 listed stock designs, personalized decorations including initials can be custom ordered. There are currently four hand decorators headed by Goldie Stanley (Ref. 3). Next door to the factory is a gift shop operated by Sharon Mitchell. Sharon's husband, Don, was a mold maker for Erskine Glass Company in Wellsburg, WV for about 20 years and made the molds for many of the Crescent/Confederate products.

FAIRY LAMP TYPES It is not known precisely when the first fairy lamps were made but it was probably in the mid 1970s for the Confederate Glass line. In addition to models made to be marketed under the Confederate name, some were made by Crescent for other companies such as Lenox, Petites Choses and Comar Industries. Most of the Fairy Lamp shades and bases were made with separate part numbers but with compatible sizes and designs. They could then be combined in different ways for use as candle lamps, with a 2.5"h. x 2.0"d. clear glass straight sided candle cup, or with an oil "cartridge" for use as restaurant table "mood" lighting. Many different designs of one-piece candle lamps, or votives, have also been made. These little candle lamps with their variety of patterns and colors complement a fairy lamp collection nicely and make a pleasing display on shelves in an east-facing window. All colors known for each type are listed in the following even though they may not necessarily be in stock today.

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