The Imperial Glass Company was founded in 1901 by Edward Muhleman, with production beginning in 1904.

The handmade glasswares were sold worldwide and were usually made of pressed glass patterns.

[3] The company's most famous product is their "Candlewick" series, which even has a street named for it in Bellaire.

The company hit rough times in the early 1970s and was close to bankruptcy.

Imperial was saved by Lenox and turned to general manufacture, but low demand eventually led to its closure in 1984.