Mill Record Meriden
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- Complex Name (Common)
- Meriden Flint Glass Co.
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Meriden Flint Glass Co.
- Address or Location
- 74 Cambridge Street, Meriden
- County
- New Haven
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- Historic Information
Companies Associated w/Complex
- E. A. Bliss Co. c. 1896-1901
- Meriden Flint Glass Co. 1876-1888
- Napier Bliss Co. c.1922-1945
- Napier Co. Inc. c.1945
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Historic Narrative
Meriden Flint Glass Co. produced glass for the Meriden Britannia Company for decorative glassware and utilitarian glass such as lamp chimneys and shades, thermometer tubes, condiment bottles. E. A. Bliss Co. made nickel novelties, silver and consume jewelry and later airplane parts. see "A Brief History" by Bruce Mitchell (Museum of Connecticut Glass, 2014): http://www.glassmuseum.org/MERIDEN.BruceMitchell.pdf
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