When the Morgantown Glass Works opened in Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1899, it produced clear blownware and pressed tableware. By 1903 blown barware had replaced table items, and the company changed its name to Economy Tumbler Company. Colored glass was introduced in 1910, and the firm gradually expanded its lines to include blown accessories.
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