Organization of the firm began late in 1890, with banker Rawson Crocker as president and veteran glass man Henry Crimmel as plant manager.

The plant was built on the site of the former Buttler Art Glass Company (spelled with two "t"s), which had been destroyed by fire in 1889.

Novelty Glass Company's contribution included commemorative punch bowl sets and salt shakers.

The April restart did not happen, and plant manager Henry Crimmel left the firm for the Sneath Glass Company in Tiffin, Ohio.

Production began again, and the Novelty works became known as Factory T in the United States Glass Company conglomerate.

In early 1886, a major discovery of natural gas occurred in northwest Ohio near the small village of Findlay.

[2] In 1888, Findlay community leaders, assuming the supply of natural gas was unlimited, started a campaign to lure more manufacturing plants to the area.

[6] The gas boom in northwestern Ohio enabled the state to improve its national ranking as a manufacturer of glass (based on value of product) from 4th in 1880 to 2nd in 1890.

Owners of this company became concerned about natural gas shortages in 1890, and in April 1891 decided to move to Moundsville, West Virginia.

)[34] The company’s products were described in advertisements as "fine lead blown tumblers, bar goods, stemware, and novelties".

In late 1890, Henry Crimmel had made a trip to Bellaire, Ohio, where he purchased some molds from the Belmont Glass Company.

The Belmont works had shut down earlier in the year, and Crimmel had been a manager at that plant before leaving for the Fostoria Glass Company.

[31] The factory began with a "light force of people", and it was not expected to operate at full capacity until close to the end of the month.

[31] Production went well, and continued until the two–month shutdown during the summer—a normal procedure for glass factories in that time period.

[31] At the time the Novelty Glass Company began production, the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America (in 1492) was only a year away.

[37] The Novelty Glass Company produced punch bowl sets and salt shakers honoring Columbus and Queen Isabella, who financed the expedition.

[45] After not reopening following the summer break, the shareholders sold Novelty’s equipment to the United States Glass Company in October.

Shareholders of the Novelty Glass Company still owned the land and the ruins of the plant, and voted to liquidate the property in January 1896.