O.W. ,OPEN WORK (OMN) by Challinor, Taylor and Company/Tarentum-PA (Company Operated: 1884-1891), mid to late 1880s Introduced
NOTE: Brad Gougeon 2020: Challinor,Taylor & Co. had four different compotes that they called "O.W. Fruit Bowls.There are 3 sizes of comport in the line; only the middle size has interchangeable standards. Smallest and largest each had just 1 standard. See catalog image.
NOTE: Sid Lethbridge: Pitkin,Brooks, a wholesaler, called these Open Work Fruits in their 1887 catalog. This firm utilized the OMN so we can be pretty comfortable that OW stands for Open Work.

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Shape:Standards (Foot & Stem)
Contributor: Jeremy Wagner, Walt Williams, Beth Moorhead, Connie Dahlstet

Shape:Comport/Compotes
Contributor: James McDonald (1,2), Anna Lunzer Jayne MacDonald, 11-29-25

Shape:Comport/Compotes
Contributor: Nancy Dawson, Theresa Jackson, Matt Williams, Andy Eckroth, Janice Moore (5,6)

Shape:Comport/Compotes
Contributor: Connie Dahlstet (1,3), David Trout, Terri Frauzel, Jim Thielen (5,6)

Shape:Comport/Compotes
Contributor: Joe Linger, Jeremy Wagner, Chris Cope, Kathy Chausse Huntington, Brad Gougeon (5,6)

Shape:Comport/Compotes
Contributor: Linda V Asmann, Duane Schlosser, Eric Lee Nelson, Brad Gougeon, Honeycutt-Hansen Deb, Angela Marie

Shape:Plates/Platter
Contributor: Dennis Worden, Heidi Eckroth, Tammy Kuper, James McDonald, Linda V Asmann

Shape:Plates/Platter
Contributor: Michelle R. M. Medleycott-Joyce, Carol Gottardi, Linda Moyer, Dwight Jones, Karin Kolsky, Karin Kolsky

Shape:Plates/Platter
Contributor: Sommer Richardson Roglitz (1-4)

Shape:Catalogue/Ads
Contributor: Sid Lethbridge - pages from R P Wallace & Co. of Pittsburgh, PA. a glass dealer. Appears the date is 1887. Wallce changed numbers to fit their catalog.

Shape:Assortments
Contributor: Andy Vaughn

Shape:Bowls & Berry Sets
Contributor: Liz Roach, Diane Dittman Hanson, Kathy Chausse Huntington

Shape:Bowls & Berry Sets
Contributor: Sommer Richardson Roglitz, David Zeidler

Shape:Catalogue/Ads
Contributor: Tom Bredehoft - MAGWV

Shape:Catalogue/Ads
Contributor: Sid Lethbridge