Company founded
1912
Hughes Corn Flower Limited
- 230 Sandalwood Pkwy
- Brampton, Ontario
- L6Z 4R1
- Phone: 1 905 846 2835
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Description
That certain 12-petalled floral cut that the young Hughes developed way back in 1912 was to have a very long lasting indeed. The Hughes Corn Flower pattern is distinctive with its petalled flower, grid like interior and elegant sweeping stems. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of the curator of the Dufferin County Museum and Archives, Wayne Townsend, in publishing the first-ever book on this splendid glassware "Corn Flower Creatively Canadian", so much more is now known about both the Hughes business and family. One would be well advised not to call any jottings about Corn Flower glass definitive. Although there is much known about the last forty years of the company, much is still shrouded in mystery about the first thirty-five years. We do know that prior to World War II the lion's share of glass was ordered from the United States. The companies included were New Martinsville, Louie, Fostoria, Imperial, Duncan and Miller, Indiana, Jeannette, West Virginia Glass Specialty, and...