The Root Glass Company the center portion of the newly designed sample Coca-Cola bottle. With limited time remaining before the molten glass furnaces would be shut down for cleaning, Dean produced a few sample bottles that would be submitted to the national Coca-Cola bottle contest. The Root Glass Company The Root Glass Company originated as Root Glass Works in Vigo County, Indiana. Businessman and Pennsylvania native Chapman J. Root (November 22, 1864 - November 20, 1945) opened the original glass company on May 27, 1901, at Third and Voorhees Streets a year after he moved to the city of Terre Haute, Indiana. By 1904
London Opera Glass Company it opened in October 1999. The company is now based in Sandwich, Kent. It supplies over 60 theatres in the United Kingdom and the distinctive red glasses are made in the UK. The company makes charitable donations, including to "The Theatres Trust" and the Marlowe Theatre. London Opera Glass Company donated 30 pairs of glasses to the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales for children to use. London Opera Glass Company The London Opera Glass Company was officially formed in London, England on 20 May 1913 to produce opera glasses for theatres in London. The company's purpose was to