Colony Crystal Mid-Century Tumblers
Our other piece designed by Frank Maietta is a whiskey tumbler with an “Around the World” decoration in raised 22 K gold on black. This was most likely also sold by Colony Crystal. (Colony Crystal was a division of Pitman-Dreitzer & Company, who in turn became a division of Lancaster Colony Corporation, parent body of the Indiana Glass Company. Since Colony also imported glass, it can be problematic trying to determine exactly who made their glass.)
Frank J. Maietta was product designer for Colony Glassware in the 1950s, but also worked with many other companies, including the Lily Tulip Company, makers of paper cups, and Faberge Perfumes.
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