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| DUGAN |
 In 1899 Harry Northwood sold his Indiana, Pennsylvania glass
company to the National Glass Combine and returned to England;
Thomas E Dugan became the manager of the old Indiana plant.Thomas and Alfred Dugan operated the plant until 1904 when they finally purchased the factory and all it assets, including the Northwood mould, and the Indiana plant became the Dugan Glass Company. They created several of their own lines of glass, and also produced their own iridized glass. The Indiana plant continued production until 1913 which both Dugan brother for some reason both left.  The plant name was changed, by company president, John Elkin, and his board to the Diamond Glass Company. Many of the patterns continued to be produced, with others being adding along the way, new iridized colours were also added. The Diamond factory ceased operating when it was unfortunately destroyed by fire in 1931. Several Dugan patterns are commonly found in Australia and there wouldn’t be many collections without an example of a Pony bowl, Cosmos Variant, Pulled Loop vase or Double Stem Rose bowl, most other Dugan patterns are much more difficult to locate.  The most often seen colour would have to be Peach Opal; all other
colours are eagerly sought, but not often found, yet the sought after
Farmyard bowl appears quite regularly on the other side of the Tasman Sea,
in New Zealand.
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