Category Archives: Freeblown Glass

A most unusual free blown bottle

Posted on 24 October 2015 by ahanshew21

A most unusual free blown bottle 24 October 2015 Here are some really cool pictures and an email from Gene Baudouin about a most unusual free blown bottle. I posted it on the Peachridge Glass FaceBook page and the airwaves … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Blown Glass, Early American Glass, eBay, Freeblown Glass, Questions, Utility Bottles | Tagged Charles Gardner, Facebook, free blown, Gene Baudouin | Leave a comment

My Visit to the Sandwich Glass Museum | Part 1

Posted on 15 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

My Visit to the Sandwich Glass Museum | Part 1 of 2 by Sandor P. Fuss 15 June 2014 Hi Ferdinand, I am going to send you 70 pictures that I took during my visit to the Sandwich Glass Museum … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Glass, Dinnerware, Display, Early American Glass, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Lamps, Museums, News, Photography | Tagged Glass, museum, sandor fuss, Sandwich | 1 Comment

Manchester Display Photo Gallery

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

More pictures from the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Display awards were announced this past Sunday afternoon near the conclusion of the show. Congratulations are in order to Michael George and his Stoddard Glass Factory exhibit … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Display, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Flasks, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Ginger Ale, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, Miniatures, News, Reproductions, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Stoneware, Utility Bottles | Tagged award, Bob Kennerknecht, Bobby Hilton, Bonney, cone, Dale Murschell, Dave Olson, Dave Waris, Dennis Gionet, display, fohbc, fragments, Ginger Ale, Holly Noordsy, Ink, inkwells, Jeff Noordsy, Jim Bender, Jim Gray, Karen Gray, Ken Previtali, Kevin Kyle, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mark Newton, Mark Yates, Michael George, Mount Vernon, Moxie, New England, New Jersey, Paul Richards, Reproductions, Rob Girouard, Sandwich, Soda, Stoddard, stoneware, sunburst, Tom Marshall, Wistarburgh | Leave a comment

Manchester Seminar Pictures

Posted on 22 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Manchester, NH Seminars I wanted to get some pictures up as quickly as I could. Returned today from Manchester with Elizabeth. The seminars, simply put, were awesome, informative and well attended. It was truly hard to select a topic each … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, News, Soda Water | Tagged Al Morin, blown three mold, Brian Wolff, Connecticut, David Hoover, Demijohns, fohbc, George Waddy, glasshouse, Ian Simmonds, Jim George, Manchester, Mark Yates, Michael George, Milk, Mount Vernon Glass Co., New Hampshire, Rick Ciralli, seminars, Soda Water, South Jersey, Thomas Haunton | Leave a comment

2013 Bottle Battle Highlights

Posted on 21 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

New England Bottle Battle I wanted to get some posts and pictures out as quickly as I could. It has been insane here in a good way. A few pictures have been put up on the PRG facebook page. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Inks, Medicines & Cures, News, Utility Bottles, Whimsies | Tagged Bottle, Bottle Battle, Brian Wade, Charles Aprill, Dana Charlton-Zarro, E. Waters, Eric Correla, Greg Bair, Holly Noordsy, Janet George, Jeff Noordsy, Jimmy Chebalo, Kevin Sives, Mark Yates, Maureen Crawford, Medicine, Michael George, New England, Nicholas Wrobleski, NY, Rick Ciralli, Steve Swiechowicz, Tom Marshall, Troy, Utility, whimsical | 3 Comments

Singing along at Dyottville Glass Works

Posted on 8 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Singing along at Dyottville Glass Works 08 May 2013 For a number of reasons I have been searching through old Philadelphia directories searching for information. I couldn’t help but to get side tracked on Dyottville Glass Works again and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Blown Glass, Bottling Works, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History | Tagged boys, Dyott, Dyottville, Dyottville Glass Works, Eric Schmetterling, Glass Works, Paul Joseph Goodwin, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, T.W. Dyott | 1 Comment

2013 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars Announced

Posted on 31 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Manchester, NH Seminars Michael George, show chair and Rick Ciralli, seminar coordinator for the 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire just announced officially, an exciting line-up of seminars and presenters that will want to be added … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Dinnerware, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, News | Tagged Al Morin, Brian Wolff, Connecticut, Dave Hoover, Demijohn, George Waddy, Ian Simmonds, Jim George, Manchester, Michael George, Milk, Mount Vernon, New England, New Hampshire, Rick Ciralli, seminar, South Jersey, Thomas Haunton | Leave a comment

“knife-edged” Pitkins made by “that guy”

Posted on 27 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferd, This Sunday a week ago, the annual members’ meeting of the Museum of Connecticut Glass was held at the Manchester Connecticut Historical Society. One of the highlights was an outstanding presentation by Tom Haunton on 20th Century South Jersey … Continue reading →

Posted in Club News, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Flasks, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Museums, News, Questions | Tagged Connecticut, Dana Charlton-Zarro, Historical, knife-edge, Manchester, museum, Pitkin, Pitkin Glass Works, Society, South Jersey, Thomas Haunton, Tom Duff | 2 Comments

Charles Flint Glass Blowing Images

Posted on 26 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Charles Flint posted some really great pictures last week of early glass blowing techniques. I have nested these together and archived. Hope you enjoy. Thanks Charles! Read More: Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men Read More: Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Early American Glass, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Windows | Tagged Ball, blowing, Charles Flint, cylinder, Glass, M'kee & Brothers, New Castle, Pennsylvania, window | 1 Comment

The Sale of The Private Collection of George S. McKearin – 1931 & 1932

Posted on 20 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Recognized as the Finest and Most Comprehensive in Existence Stiegel – South Jersey – New York State – New England – Ohio and Mid-Western – Blown Three-Mold INCLUDING MANY UNIQUE EXAMPLES WITH SOURCES FULLY AUTHENTICATED A Small Group of American … Continue reading →