Perfection Glass Manufacturing Company

The Perfection Glass Company was an active business in Washington, Pennsylvania for about three years. Formed as a “stock company” in June 1903, it folded five months later. Revived quickly thereafter, its new owners continued with an extensive line of separating tableware and packing containers. A new style of fruit jar was even introduced.

Plagued by insufficient capacity for glass-making and product

storage problems, operations were discontinued at the factory for

Perfection Glass in the waning months of 1906. In name only,

the firm hung on for another two years before it quietly slid into

history. Little known to most collectors of early twentieth century

pressed and blown glass, this corporation was just another concern

in a town known far and wide for its glass-making prowess.

Roots

The lineage for the Perfection Glass Company travels backwards

on two separate but related paths. On the jobber side, it calls the

Perfection Manufacturing Company of Washington; the Perfection

Bottle Company of Washington and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania;

and the Perfection Water Bottle Company of New York City all

close relatives. For glass producers in its past, the Sterling Glass

Company, Novelty Glass Works and the Blair Glass Company are

direct ancestors as well.

Location

The headquarters and plant for the Perfection Glass Company

were located in the First Ward of the Borough of Washington.

These rented facilities were situated on several plats of land

between the intersections of West Strawberry Alley, South Franklin

and West Maiden Streets. A glasshouse had been operating on the

premise since 1893.

Company Formed and Incorporated

Eight people invested in the initial Perfection Glass Company.

Six were businessmen from Washington. The other two weren’t

native to the Borough but were officers in both the Perfection

Manufacturing and Sterling Glass Companies of that location.

Five of these individuals became Perfection’s first set of directors.

Source:

https://www.fohbc.org/PDF_Files/PerfectionGlassCo_BBernas.pdf