Fostoria is the oldest, biggest and probably most well-known glass manufacturer still in business today.  They began in Ohio in 1887 but soon moved to West Virginia.  They started making pressed or pattern glass and made many of the beautiful "Gone With the Wind" lamps that are so popular today.  In the early 1900s they began glass for the home.  In 1924 they started with color.   In 1925 they were the first glass house to introduce glass dinnerware in color.   They also experimented with etching and it is primarily those patterns, etched and done in color, that are so popular and collectible today.