“They made high quality white milk glass, and they painted just about everything they did,” says Ken Kosoglow of Claridge, a board member of the Westmoreland Glass Collectors’ Club.

“Westmoreland Glass was such a significant ... The company was best known as the first to create “milk glass,” made in opaque white and often hand-painted. Ernie Brown was one of the ...

One of the largest producers in the 20th century was Westmoreland Glass Company of Grapeville, Pa.; its factory closed in 1985. Only a handful of companies still manufacture milk glass ...