Riihimäen Lasi Oy

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1910 - 1990, Riihimaki, Finland

Notes from D Breukelaar:

Production of handmade glass stopped in 1976. The Finnish Glass Museum moved to the Riihimaki site in 1981. Ahlström bought Riihimaki in 1985, but closed it permanently in 1990.

The pig must date to pre-1976. From 1977-1990 was automated production only and crystal blanks were bought in from Austria, Italy and Turkey (I am hoping to go to Finland in Feb, to confirm all this).

In fact Riihimaki also ceased production of pressed glass at the beginning of 1976, as part of an agreement with Nuutajärvi.