Moon & Stars and the L.E. Smith Company

Look at the beautiful lidded candy dish pictured on the right and see if you can guess the pattern.  Most people would say that the pattern is the Moon & Stars pattern and they would be correct.  If we asked them next, who made the candy dish, most probably an argument of epic proportions would begin.  Some people would guess that glass in the Moon & Stars pattern was made by Fenton Glass; others would argue that it was made by a company called L.G. Wright; others would say it was L.E. Smith and finally some would say Weishar.  And who would be correct?  If you guessed all the answers are correct, you may be a vintage art glass aficionado.

The earliest glass pieces in the Moon & Stars pattern were originally made by a company called Adams & Company in the late19th Century.  Most of it was clear glass and not the more colorful pieces that came later as others leased the patterns or bought the molds.  In the middle to late 1930’s, L.G. Wright started reproducing pieces of glass in the Moon & Stars pattern. They continued to produce this type of glass up until 1999 when the company closed its doors for good.  Other companies also produced this pattern including Weishar, Crescent, and Imperial glass.