The E.O. Brody Company was founded in 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Ernest Oscar Brody. Mr Brody was known as EO in the florists' trade. His innovative idea was to sell utility floral containers exclusively to florists and to market them through wholesale florists who in turn would sell to retail florists. Initially he started the company with only four flower vases/containers in his portfolio. These were made by US glass manufacturers using EO's own molds marked with the company name. In 1971 the "E.O. Brody Company" was taken over by Lancaster Colony Corporation of Columbus, Ohio. In 1988 the company merged with Lancaster Colony's housewares division, headquartered in Cincinnati. At this point in time the company name was changed to "Brody Company." The "Brody Company" continues to market glass and ceramic utility floral containers & vases exclusively to wholesale florists for redistribution to retail florists. Many of these pieces are made in other countries and are marked "Japan" or "Turkey", etc...
