American Brilliant Cut Glass By Dorflinger

Our link today is to the Dorflinger Glass Museum. They opened on May 20th 1989. They have the largest collection of Dorflinger Glass at  over 900 pieces.  Christian Dorflinger was from France and worked at the St Louis Glass Factory. He came to America and in 1852 started Dorflinger one of the premier companies of  American Brilliant Cut Glass in the United States.

From their web page: "That the firm's reputation for excellence in glassmaking was unsurpassed by any American competitor for over fifty years is further attested by the many special commissions with which it was entrusted. Foremost among these was the distinction of supplying the tableware for the eight presidents of the United States from Abraham Lincoln to Woodrow Wilson. The first of these sets, and one of exceptionally fine and delicate design, came from the Brooklyn plant in 1861 when Mrs. Lincoln was refurbishing the White House, and was purchased through A.P. Zimandy, a Washington dealer, at a cost of $1,500. All were engraved with the U.S. coat of arms, each having its own individual pattern, and it is further interesting to note that Theodore Roosevelt ordered the first highball glasses. Other prominent customers were the Smithsonian Institute and the United States Navy. Many orders of elaborate design were prepared at the White Mills factory for use on some of the largest private yachts, including the Vanderbilts, Goulds, Reids and one for Henry Clay Pierce, valued at $60,000. In the early 1890's, a set of fluted tableware was specially designed for the Prince of Wales and another, comprising 2,300 pieces, was assembled for President Mario Menocal of Cuba, and engraved with the coat of arms of the Cuban Republic."

http://www.dorflinger.org/glass_museum.html

Christian Dorflinger died in 1915. The firm closed in 1921.