Category Archives: Glass Makers

Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks 16 February 2012 *Post amended 21 February 2012 with Dana Charlton-Zarro information and Dave Maryo image. * Post amended 09 April 2012 with additional Pitkin Ruins image of archway. Jeff Noordsy (visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Flasks, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged American Collector, Cincinnati, Connecticutt, Dana Charlton-Zarro, George S. McKearin, half-post, Harry Hall White, Holly Noordsy, Jeff Noordsy, Kent, Manchester, Mantua, Moscow, New Geneva Glassworks, ohio, pattern mold, Pitkin, Pitkin Glass Works, Ravenna, Rhea Mansfield Knittle, Rick Ciralli, Steubenville, W.T.D. Howe, Zanesville | 3 Comments

Glass Works and Glass Factories – Hell on Earth?

Posted on 8 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

To a little sand, a little alkali, and a little limestone, add considerable heat and a still greater amount of skill, might be taken as a brief recipe for the manufacture of a glass bottle. Popular Science Monthly/Volume 36/December 1889/Glass-Making … Continue reading →

Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History | Tagged Acme Glass Works, American Flint Glass Works, Appert Glass Company, bottles, Clyde Glass Factory, Coshocton, Dyott, Ellensville Glass Works, Fostoria Glass Works, glass making, Glassboro, Graham Glas Works, Libbey Glass Works, Manitoba Glass Works, New Jersey, Pacific Coast Glass Works, Philadelphia, Popular Science, sand, Schram Glass Factory, Smethport, Smethwick Glass Works, Sneca, Whitall Tatum, Whitney Glassworks | Leave a comment

Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men 07 February 2012 (R•090115) As I sometimes contently watch my grandson Nicholas (9 years old this month) playing his video games, riding his ATV and taking on the challenges … Continue reading →

Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Photography, Technology | Tagged child labor, children, Crescent Glass Works, Cumberland Glass Works, FMG Design, gaffer, glass factory, Glass Works, Indiana Glass Works, labor laws, Lehr Glass Works, Lewis Hine, molder, Monougah Glass Works, South Jersey, Unites States, Wheaton Glass Works | 6 Comments

Didn’t realize that I possess a probable Stoddard Dr. Townsend’s

Posted on 12 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

With the recent posts on the earlier Dr. Townsend’s, I went back through my digital files to find a bottle that has been resting on a remote window shelf with other Dr. Townsend’s and related “non-bitters” bottles. This fellow was … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Sarsaparilla | Tagged Albany, Dr. Townsends, Meyer Collection, New York, Sarsaparilla | Leave a comment

Stoddard Glass – Updated Information from Michael George

Posted on 12 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Updated information provided by Michael George based on an exhibit he organized called “New Hampshire Glassmakers”. The Dr. Townsends bottle pictured in the post: Embossed DR TOWNSEND’S SARSAPARILLA ALBANY N.Y. Sand Pontil 17 Rivets Dark Amber is noted. I thank Mike George for … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Flasks, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Sarsaparilla, Utility Bottles | Tagged Albany, Chris Rowell, glassworks, Granite Glass Company, Joseph Foster, Keene, Marlboro Street Factory, Michael George, New England, New Granite Glass Works, New Hampshire, New York, Stoddard, Wikipedia | Leave a comment

Embossed DR TOWNSEND’S SARSAPARILLA ALBANY N.Y. Sand Pontil 17 Rivets Dark Amber

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Don’t you love that ‘Pixie Star” shooting from the “S” in Townsend’s! As I have had two (2) posts regarding Dr Townsend’s lately, Jeff Burkhardt (Froggy) turned me on to this killer Dr. Townsends Sarsaparilla that just sold on eBay yesterday. Only 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, eBay, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Sarsaparilla | Tagged Albany, Dr. Townsends, Granite Glass Company, Joseph Foster, Michael George, New Hampshire, New York, sand pontil, Sarsaparilla, Stoddard, Stoddard Glassworks | 2 Comments

Unique New Book Surveys Glass Industry In West Virginia by Dean Six

Posted on 10 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In from Bill Clements: There has never been an effort to take a broad, comprehensive look at West Virginia’s rich heritage of glass production. All that changes with the publication by Quarrier Press of the 20 plus years in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Glass Makers, History, News, Publications | Tagged Bill Clements, Dean Six, Glass, industry, West Virginia | Leave a comment

Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker

Posted on 31 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Some good information in from Ken Previtali: Hello Ferd, Here’s a book (Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker by Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.) that I discovered recently that was interesting for a number of reasons; including a great early history of the … Continue reading →