Small Stamped Milk Glass Vase
c. 1958 | no defects. 5” tall. stamped “E.O. BRODY CO” see description below.
“The E.O.Brody Company was founded in 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Ernest Oscar Brody. Mr Brody was known as EO in the florists' trade. His innovative idea was to sell utility glass floral containers exclusively to florists and to market them through wholesale florists who in turn would sell to retail florists. Initially he started the company with only four flower vases/containers in his portfolio. These were made by US glass manufacturers using EO's own molds marked with the company name.
In 1971 the "E.O. Brody Company" was taken over by Lancaster Colony Corporation of Columbus, Ohio. In 1988 the company merged with Lancaster Colony's housewares division, headquartered in Cincinnati. They continued to market glass utility floral containers and a small number of upscale vases exclusively to wholesale florists for redistribution to retail florists. In 2007 Indiana Glass and E O Brody were bought from Lancaster Colony and merged with Anchor Hocking.”
