Topic: West German slumped glass pin tray: HEYE FILIGRAN

[Heidimin]

Don't think I've seen this company before:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330133441228

[Ivo]

large conglomerate/ bottle plant not well known for own brand products.

[David E]

Ivo, could this be Spiegelunion Flabeg who were known competitors to Chance? Their range was called 'Filigranglas' - I have an advert somewhere. Pity the label is incomplete

[Ivo]

I suppose you could ask them?

http://www.glassonline.com/heye/index.html

[David E]

Thanks, I'll mail them. Just for the record:

http://www.heye-international.de

However, the information I have is that Spiegelunion Flabeg was a much smaller concern which was eventually taken over by Pilkington and then became Flabeg - ironically they now have an office on the old site of Chance Brothers! Still involved making mirrors (spiegel) of all sorts.

http://www.flabeg.com/deutsch/Standorte/Seiten/Standorte1.html#

I also found the advert (dated 1972) and have uploaded it to GG:

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-7609

Hope all this helps!

[Ivo]

sounds very much as if Heye sold Flabeg to Pilkington.

[David E]

Good thought: quite possibly SU.F was a subsidiary of Heye. The takeover would have probably occured about 1980 in that case. I did contact Flabeg before but got no response, so I'll try again and post the result.

[pamela]

there are several HEYE glasses in my collection - but very little is known 

[pamela]

forgot to link like always - sorry for that!
http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/karaffen/03714.html

[David E]

Thanks Pamela - they do appear to be a 'closed book'. But if you do ever come across any information about Spiegelunion Flabeg (Filigranglas), I would be most interested.