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Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:40:40 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online I recently got unbelievably lucky on eBay as an American made Pitkin style pitcher was available last week. I thought for sure it would sell into the thousands and I had put a threshold of two hundred dollars on my own bid . Pitkin style flasks are somewhat rare on eBay but when was the last time you saw a Pitkin styled pitcher. I also believe it was locally made here in Southern New Jersey. As an avid collector of glass house whimseys and end of day products more and more as my collection grows you can see in the glass the end of day frit is loaded with imperfections and impurities.This is the tell tale sign that a piece is original and not a Clevenger, Liberty Village or or type of  copy manufacture. The pitcher is very old as it is blown in the half post method.It stands 8 inches tall and 6 inches round. The color is a pretty clear aqua green through out with olive colored striations in the glass.The handle is  neat in that it is more blue aqua in color then the rest of the bottle suggesting to me that it was made with a different batch of glass.One third of the way down from the top the ring of the second gather of glass is easily seen.There is plenty of tiny dirt type granules in the glass along with the usual potstones. A strong candidate as for a place of manufacture would be Clementon New Jerseys Gloucester Glass works. Plenty of shards of Pitkin style glass in colors matching this pitcher were unearthed at the site of the glass works by  the famous (Olympic track star)Richmond Morcom of Maine in the 1960s.Mr. Morcom has visited more early glass works probably then anyone in the glass collecting field. The best part of the whole acquisition for myself is that  I only paid 7 dollars for the pitcher.I honestly thought there was no way in heck that I would be the high bidder on this one.This was my once in a lifetime purchase and feel very fortunate to have found it.  Here is a series of pictures. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 8/27/2010 6:43:05 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen Post #: 1

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:43:31 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 2 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 2

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:44:05 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 3 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 3

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:44:34 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 4 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 4

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:45:14 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 5 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 5

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:45:42 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 6   This happened totally by accident as this picture was taken at the same time as the others.Some how the light source was muted and it gives it an erie floating on the dark ocean look to the pitcher.The ripples in our chase lounge table give it the final water looking effect. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 8/27/2010 6:49:03 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 6

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:49:33 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 7 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 7

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:50:06 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 8 You can see in the top of the handle where it attaches to the pitcher all of the glass impurities in the batch. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 8/27/2010 6:51:15 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 8

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:51:40 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 9 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 9

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:52:16 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 10 The pontil was ground down as it was huge in size and quite jagged.Another neat aspect about this pitcher is the fact that only three very small areas touch the surface where the pitcher rests. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 8/27/2010 6:54:25 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 10

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:55:01 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 11 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 11

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 6:55:44 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Number 12 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 12

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 7:00:20 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online The last picture and Ill explain what you are looking at.The view of this picture is looking straight down into the pitcher favoring the side where the pitchers handles are attached.If you look closely there is an amber olive colored glass area in the handle.This color of olive glass impuritiy is not physically located where you see it in the picture but rather at the other end of the handle and the color is travelling throught the handle just as Fibre optic cable carry light waves through them. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 13

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 7:07:31 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online The last picture is showing the half post ring where the second gather of glass pushes out the waves of diagonal lines in the pitcher. This is by far my nicest pitcher. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 14

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 7:16:24 PM    Poison_Us   Posts: 2801 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline Sweet!  Time for some sun tea! _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 15

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 7:20:38 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Ok one more here is a picture explaining the bending of the olive colors in the glass. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 16

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 8:00:04 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 11901 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Why don't you wait until you've thought things through before starting an aimless, scatterbrained post like this.. you really need to focus, my good man.. (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 17

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 8:04:12 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online Why thank you Chuck I'll take that as a compliment.Some of these thoughts arrive to my head late in the game like a bull pen pitcher. I will try and be more organ-sized in the future. < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 8/27/2010 8:05:20 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 18

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 8:22:09 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 11901 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Yes, my complements and congratulations! I just hope there isn't a T J Maxx sticker on it.. you really sure about this one?? (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 19

RE: Half post Pitkin style pitcher 1780-1810 - 8/27/2010 8:28:24 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: online 100 percent sure Chuck for seven dollars it was either this bottle or artery choking fast food I had to take the chance. Seriously this is a real gem.I feel oh so fortunate yet slightly guilty about getting it for so little.Should I send the eBayer a nice finders fee?I feel like I should now. _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 20

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