Category Archives: Glass Makers

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

Check these T. W. Dyott bottles out!

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Check these T. W. Dyott bottles out! 09 September 2013 It has really been just fantastic lately to see researchers, collectors and writers submit information for posting on Peachridge Glass. The last exchanges with Stephen Atkinson have been perfect examples. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged brick, Chris Rowell, Christian Raezer, Dr. Robertson, Dyottville, Flint, Glass, Helen McKearin, oven, Steve Atkinson, T.W. Dyott, vial | 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

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

An advertisement for an unlisted Clayton’s Celebrated Rheumatic Bitters

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

, Product Infringement? An advertisement for an unlisted Clayton’s Celebrated Rheumatic Bitters 17 May 2013 (R•021514) (R•2-122720) While perusing Pittsburgh Directories in the late 1850s and 1860s for Zingari Bitters, I can across an advertisement (on the same page as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Glass Makers, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions | Tagged C. E. Clayton, Clayton & Russell's Celebrated Stomach Bitters, Clayton's Celebrated Rheumatic Bitters, Hostetter's, John Agnew and Co., M'Cully & Co., Pittsburgh, William Clayton, William Clayton & Son | Leave a comment

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

The latest from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass

Posted on 31 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The latest from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass 31 March 2013 The following post reports on the latest news from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass and has been developed with cooperation and coordination with Noel Tomas. Historical Synopsis of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Museums, News, Witch Ball | Tagged Capt. John Turner, Chamberlain, Coventry, Coventry Glass Company, Jesse Brainard, Knox, Michael George, museum, Museum of Connecticut Glass, Nickolas Wrobleski, Noel Tomas, Pam Papanos, Pitkin, Stebben, Turner, Westford, Willington | Leave a 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 →