Elson Glass Co.

Elson Glass opened a factory in Martins Ferry, Ohio in 1882. They produced a castor set in opalescent glass (from Beaumont moulds). In 1893, the company was reorganized and became the West Virginia Glass Company, which began producing blown opalescent glass, and also produced pressed glass until late 1895 when the plant closed for almost a year during a depression. The factory was sold in 1896 and reorganized as the West Virginia Glass Mfg. Company, which joined with National Glass in 1899. In 1901 the plant was operated by Crystal Glass Company, which closed in 1903.