The following treasure is from the living estate of Ailene & Buddy Ford; noted dealers and lifelong collectors of exceptional antique & vintage heirlooms. The Ford estate presents highly valuable items from a diverse group of genres, 95% + in excellent condition. This exquisite estate has something for every eclectic collector! xxxxxxxxxxx. The AEAA is exceptionally pleased to present the next of a mammoth group of approximately (100) Rare & beautiful Mt. Washington + Rodefer Glass / hand finished C.F. Monroe, Wave Crest pieces, to be sold over several auctions, including incredible Kelva & Nakara examples. Our lot represents a gorgeous & RARE Rococo relief Rodefer glass ladies trinket box, in a waisted round flattened form, with lovely robins egg blue & C.F. Monroe florals. Our special Rodefer blank (see validating history below) has a later custom ornate pedestal base, and the glass dates between ca. 1898 & 1902, and stands 3.25 inches x 4 inches tall, weighing 10 oz. This classic Rodefer / Wave Crest heirloom is a must for any collector. xxxxxxxxxxx. The names National Glass Works and Rodefer are virtually synonymous. The original National Glass Works plant was established in 1869 in Bellaire, Ohio, at the junction of 22nd and Union streets. It failed in 1877 and was purchased and run by the Rodefer brothers, Albert, John, and Thornton, until 1898 when two of the brothers sold out and left Thornton the sole owner and operator. On his death in 1910, his son C. M. Rodefer assumed ownership. The company thrived, expanding in the 1920s with the addition of a second plant near the corner of South Union and 22nd. C. M.'s son Howard joined as Secretary in the 30s, and eventually became president. In 1953, Rodefer merged with Gleason forming the Rodefer-Gleason Glass Co, which operated until 1982 when the plant was sold at auction. This works operated for 105 years on the same site! Rodefer mainly produced hand-blown and hand-pressed items for other companies ("blown and pressed specialties in private moulds"), but also prismatic sidewalk, floor, sash and skylights, battery jars, opal ware blanks, and lantern globes and lamp chimneys in lime and lead glass. Up to 1910, opal glass blanks were to send to Meriden, Connecticut, to be decorated at C. F. Monroe's factory. The final product included marked: Wavecrest, Nakura and Kelva vases, plaques and boxes. In the automobile years, large flat headlamp covers were made for Bausch and Lomb in Rochester, New York, and fancy round gearshift knobs for Ford in Michigan. After the merger with Gleason, their products became lighting-oriented: large glass globes for street and airport lighting, made for G.E., Westinghouse and Emerson.

XA - B5 - Excellent condition - lining remnants