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The few New Martinsville pieces listed here that do not fluoresce yellow under UV light were probably produced in the late 1940s or early 1950s by Viking from the original NM molds. They are listed here as New Martinsville, but were produced until the early 1950s by Viking. These included the Seal, Elephant, Wolfhound and Porpoise. In 1944, at the time of the name change, several pieces that appeared in VikingвЂ™s first catalog had already been in production several years earlier under the New Martinsville name. The new Viking company retained all of New MartinsvilleвЂ™s molds and continued production through the 1950s. There is a lot of confusion among collectors regarding whether these figurines are Viking or New Martinsville. In 1944 the company name was changed to The Viking Glass Company.

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In December 1941, they began advertising their new Swedish style glass вЂ“ The Viking LineвЂќ, with the full intention of later changing their name. In 1941, NM completely revamped, remodeled and restyled the company in preparation for a completely different kind of glass production. Д¬lick on a photo below to view more detail about the item. The Horse (Head Up), Eagle, and the Nautilus Shell Vase molds were also owned by Wiel Freeman. Designs for the Tigers, received at the NM mold shop in 1940 from Wiel Freeman, may have been made solely for the giftware trade as they do not appear in any New Martinsville catalogs or price lists. Major, high-end giftware distributors such as Wiel Freeman, Ebeling & Reuss, and Marks and Rosenfeld, would submit their own mold designs to NM for production. Many of New MartinsvilleвЂ™s most collectible glass animals from 1938 to 1944 are featured here.ДЄctivity from вЂњNew MartinsvilleвЂ™s Private Mold CustomersвЂќ during the late 1930s to the mid 1940s was an important part of NM business.

(Heisey animals were used in the play.) Suddenly, everyone was collecting glass animals! Viking Glass continued the line of animal figurines through 1950s, and reissued older molds right up to the time they closed in 1986. Around that time, Tennessee Williams wrote his first successful play, вЂњThe Glass Menagerie, вЂќwhich won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. In 1944 Viking became the new name of New Martinsville Glass. 1941 for вЂњNew decorative pieces in our heavy lusterous вЂњViking Crystal.вЂќ The ad also introduced the name Viking which reflected the вЂњSwedishвЂќ style handmade quality glassware. From 1938 to1944 New Martinsville began producing solid glass animal figurines and bookends. Opened 1901 in New Martinsville, West VirginiaвЂњ with a 12 pot furnace and a 4 ton tank вЂќ to manufacture tableware and glass novelties.

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