The United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd

In 1913 five north of England glass companies combined to form a single entity known as “The United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd” Their objective was to buy a automatic bottle making machine from the American company Owens, lllinois Inc. In 1987 Owens lllinois Inc acquired the total ownership of The United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd. The five companies were:

- Raven Head Glass Works, Merseyside, Liverpool

- Carrington Shaw & Co, Sherdley Glass Works, St Helens

- Nuttall & Son, St Helens, Liverpool

- Robert Candish & Son, Seaham Harbour, Co Durham

- Alfred Alexander & Co, Leeds and Southwick-on-wear

The primary activity of the company was to make glass bottles but in the 1930’s they branched out under the Raven Head & Sherdley brand names to make jugs, bowls and domestic table ware with art deco influences.

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