. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . der the style of Robinson & Ensell, commenced the manufacture of flint glass,but owing to disagreements in the firm, transacted little or no business; andin 1808 they were bought out by Messrs. Bakewell & Page, by which house themanufacture of flint glass has been continued to the present time; being nowknown under the style of Bakewell, Pears & Co. In 1810, according to a cursory view of the principal manufactures in andadjacent to Pittsburgh, there were three glass works in handsome operationproducing flint glass to the value of $30,000, an
. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . der the style of Robinson & Ensell, commenced the manufacture of flint glass,but owing to disagreements in the firm, transacted little or no business; andin 1808 they were bought out by Messrs. Bakewell & Page, by which house themanufacture of flint glass has been continued to the present time; being nowknown under the style of Bakewell, Pears & Co. In 1810, according to a cursory view of the principal manufactures in andadjacent to Pittsburgh, there were three glass works in handsome operationproducing flint glass to the value of $30,000, and bottles and window glass to thevalue of $40,000. At the same date it is also mentioned of glass cutting:This business has been recently established by an ingenious German, (Eich-baum,) formerly glass cutter to Louis XVI, late King of France. We have seena six light chandelier^ with prisms, which does credit to the workman and reflectshonor on our country, for we have reason to believe it is the first ever cut in theUnited States. #.
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