HIG on Bee

Q: Can you give me any information on a glass compote I have? It has an impression of a bee in the bottom.

A: The mark is a rebus*, H-I-G on a bee. Your compote was made by the J.B. Higbee Company of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, about 1900. Higbee made tableware, sets of dishes, goblets, and vases. Most of the glass was clear, not colored. Higbee closed in 1918.

*A word puzzle that uses pictures to show part of the word.