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The United Glass Company located at Wistarburgh

Posted on 24 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The United Glass Company located at Wistarburgh PART 1 by Stephen Atkinson 24 September 2013 In 1739, the United Glass Company, located at Wistarburgh, was America’s first successful glass factory and the first cooperative manufacturing business venture in the Colonies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Blown Glass, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History | Tagged Alloway, Caspar Halter, Caspar Wistar, Catherine Wistar, German, Glass, house, Johann Martin Halter, Johann Wilhelm Wentzel, New Jersey, Palitinate, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Simeon Griessmeyer, Stephen Atkinson, United Glass Company, Valentine Felty Herrgeroder, Wistarburgh | Leave a comment

The Dowesburgh/Albany Glass House 1785-1815

Posted on 11 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Dowesburgh | Albany Glass House 1785 – 1815 Part 4 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 11 September 2013 Leaving the town of Albany, New York, heading west on Route 20, you will arrive in Guilderland, about six miles west … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Blown Glass, Demijohns, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Utility Bottles, Windows | Tagged Abraham Staats, Albany, Amsterdam, Anti-Rent War, Christopher Batterman, Demijohn, Dowesburgh, Ferdinand Walfahrt, Guilderland, Hamilton, Hamilton Manufacturing Society, Hungerskill, James Caldwell, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Johannes Heefke, John Adams, John Sanders, Leenert De'Nuefville, McClallen, McGregor, McGregor & Co., New York, Stephen Atkinson, Thomas Mather & Co. | Leave a comment

Newburgh (Glass House Co.) 1751-1759

Posted on 11 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Newburgh (Glass House Co.) 1751 – 1759 Part 1 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 11 September 2013 The manufacture of glass was commenced in the village of New Windsor near present day Newburgh, 66 miles north of New York City, … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Blown Glass, Early American Glass, Gin, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Medicines & Cures, Utility Bottles, Wine & Champagne | Tagged bottles, case, Christian Hertell, dutch, gaffer, Germany, Glass, Glass House Company, Henry Heigel, Johann Martin Greiner, Lodewyck Bampe, Mathias Ernest, Munzthal, New Windsor, Newburgh, Samuel Bayard, Saxe-Weimar, Stephen Atkinson, Wilhem Henry Stiegel | Leave a comment

Glass House Farm (Glass House Co) 1758 – 1772

Posted on 10 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Glass House Farm (Glass House Co) 1758 – 1772 Part 3 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 10 September 2013 A farm that ran from Fitzroy Road to the Hudson River in what is now the West 30’s in New York City … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Blown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Medicines & Cures, Revolutionary War | Tagged Bristol, colonial, England, Fredrick Hunter, George Washington, Glass House Company, Glass House Farm, Glass House Tavern, John Milligan, Matthew Ernest, New York City, Revolutionary, Revolutionary War, Samuel Bayard, Stephen Atkinson, Turlingtons Balsam Of Life, Van Cortlandt Museum | 1 Comment

Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754-1758

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754 – 1758 Part 2 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 09 September 2013 A glass works was founded on what would become State Street in the present day Brooklyn, NYC in 1754 by the Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Black Glass, Blown Glass, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Holiday, Questions | Tagged Black, Brooklyn, English, Frederick Hunter, Fredrick Van Cortlandt, Gary Katzen, Glass, Glass House Company, Johan Martin Greiner, Lodewyk Bampers, New Netherland, New York, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant, seal, Sidney Breese, Stephen Atkinson, Van Cortlandt Museum, Wistarburgh | Leave a comment

Henry Bolingers Maysville Glass-Works 1814-1825

Posted on 8 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Henry Bolingers Maysville Glass-Works 1814-1825 by Stephen Atkinson 08 September 2013 The Kentucky glass industry begins with a gentleman with a colorfull past named John Henry Bolinger (known as Henry). Henry was born in 1761 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Blown Glass, Breweriana, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Utility Bottles | Tagged Chocolate, Glass Works, Henry Bolinger, Kentucky, Lancaster County, Maysville, Mustard, Pittsburgh, Stephen Atkinson, Sumrall, Susan Anna Wigman, William Porter | Leave a comment

The New York State Glass Factories

Posted on 7 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The New York State Glass Factories Preface of a Series | New Amsterdam by Stephen Atkinson 07 September 2013 Below is a 1640 map of New York City, known then as New Amsterdam. As you can see, the area was … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Black Glass, Blown Glass, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Questions, Utility Bottles, Windows | Tagged Canal Street, Christian Hertell, Cornelis Dirkson, dutch, Evert Duycking, factory, gaffer, Germany, Glass Makers Street, Jacob Melyer, Jansen, Johann Martin Greiner, Johannes Smedes, Lodewick Bamper, Matthew Earnest, New Amsterdam, New York City, Peter Stuyvesant, Samuel Bayard, Van Cortland Museum, Wilhelm Henry Stiegel | Leave a comment

Avon Mineral Springs – the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y.

Posted on 31 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

AVON MINERAL SPRINGS the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y. by Jack Stecher 31 August 2013 “Grimace was the prevailing feature on the face of the new-comer when swallowing the beverage of the fountain” Back in 2005 I published an article on … Continue reading →

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Dr. E. G. Patton & Co. | Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas

Posted on 21 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. E. G. Patton & Co. Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas 21 August 2013 In my quest to better understand Texas medicine and bitters history, Texas medicine collector Brad Seigler sent me this picture of a cobalt blue E. C. … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Brad Seigler, Dallas, Dr. E. G. Patton, J. C. G. R. Patton, Oak Cliff, Patton-Worsham Drug Co., texas | 1 Comment

The devotion that so many of us feel toward the objects that we collect

Posted on 5 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello Ferdinand: My brother-in-law recently came for a visit and while here I showed him some of our more interesting sodas. Of course, I rattled on and gave him a brief dissertation. He later wrote this thoughtful email and I … Continue reading →