After Caspar Wistar, a second great name in the history of early American glass is Henry Stiegel. In 1763, thirteen years after his arrival in America and after several years in the iron business, Stiegel built his first glassmaking plant in Pennsylvania. Af first he made bottles and windowpanes. In 1765, he began to make decorative table glass that compares favorably with the European glass made at that time. However, the colonial preference for imported wares and bad economic conditions preceding the American Revolution brought failure in 1774.