Antique-Bottles.Net logo
If you are just visiting and found the information you were looking for please contribute to the running costs by making a donation.
Forums : : Register : : Log In : : Log Out : : Help : : Calendar : : Search


Maryland window glass

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
 
All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Unexpected Discoveries >> Maryland window glass Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 12:09:22 PM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline 		I'm posting this as a belated response to Steve. Back when we were talking about Amelung and early MD glass houses I mentioned I had found some shards of the original window glass for my house. I didnt have a peice laying around at the time but I just found one cleaning up.
I'm pretty sure it was locally made glass. Its an olive green tint. It does have some fine ripples and small globs of glass but is really pretty well made for the age.





Attachment (1)

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com
Post #: 1
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 12:10:26 PM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline 		tried to get a shot of the surface but its difficult...





Attachment (1)

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 2
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 12:11:42 PM   
kungfufighter


Posts: 1211
Joined: 2/18/2005
Status: offline 		VERY cool!

_____________________________

www.jeffnholantiquebottles.com
www.noordsyantiques.com

(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 3
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 12:14:19 PM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline 		The good thing about having this stuff in your windows would be the lawn would look green even in the winter

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to kungfufighter)
Post #: 4
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 1:08:07 PM   
div2roty

 

Posts: 1542
Joined: 12/23/2008
From: DC with a Delaware Antique Store
Status: offline 		I guess green snow is better than yellow snow.

_____________________________

Collector of Delaware Bottles, figural bitters, early freeblown. Ebay

Antique Store

(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 5
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 2:35:34 PM   
JOETHECROW


Posts: 9807
Joined: 9/3/2005
From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy)
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: AntiqueMeds

tried to get a shot of the surface but its difficult...






That's pretty cool Matt! I work as a glazier and believe it or not, most people don't want old or crude glass in their windows,...I save what I can for projects and displays....There's even a company that reproduces "Old" look glass, but just like a repro of a bottle, It looks pretty phoney.

_____________________________

Joe

```````````````````````````````````
In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 6
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 2:50:36 PM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline 		ya I used some of the repro glass in a cabinet and it doesnt look right.

I am searching for a large peice of old glass, like 12"x14" to restore an Eli Terry clock I have.
If you run across anything that big let me know and I'd buy it or trade bottles for it.



_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to JOETHECROW)
Post #: 7
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 2:54:55 PM   
JOETHECROW


Posts: 9807
Joined: 9/3/2005
From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy)
Status: offline 		I think I have a piece that would make that size....P.M me the exact dimensions and I will cut it to the size you need, and it will be easier to ship too.

P.S Matt the glass that I have is aprox. 1/8" thick...will that work for you?

< Message edited by JOETHECROW -- 12/17/2011 2:56:27 PM >

_____________________________

Joe

```````````````````````````````````
In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 8
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 3:38:14 PM   
Steve/sewell


Posts: 4292
Joined: 1/23/2010
Status: offline 		Matt your home is quite near where Amelungs factory was located,and they made a ton of window glass at that site so it is probably safe to assume the original window glass in your home was made there as sheet glass was not able to be transported very far due to breakage.The color is a dead match for the common bottle glass that was produced. Thanks for posting this a year later!! Just kidding it looks great. If you could find an additional piece you would be willing to part with let me know I am interested as I have window glass from Wistarburgh in New Jersey,Glassboro in New Jersey,Stiegels in Pennsylvania, Hilltown in Pennsylvania and the Washington DC glass works.PM or shoot me an email a price if you want Matt. Thanks Steve.

_____________________________

Auf Wiedersehen

(in reply to JOETHECROW)
Post #: 9
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 4:59:34 PM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline 		There was also another early glass factory probably a mile north of me. I dont member if the dates matched up though.
Its on a creek that empties into the Monocacy River. I was going to try to kayak up it this fall but didnt get a chance.

I'll be happy to send you some glass Steve just email me your address. I find it when digging around the house.
mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to Steve/sewell)
Post #: 10
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 5:02:09 PM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline
quote:

I think I have a piece that would make that size....P.M me the exact dimensions and I will cut it to the size you need, and it will be easier to ship too.

P.S Matt the glass that I have is aprox. 1/8" thick...will that work for you?


Thanks joe that should work. Can you set it aside until after the Chistmas shipping crazyness? I'd hate to ship a plate of glass this time of year. I'll try to remember to get with you after the new year and work out a deal.

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to JOETHECROW)
Post #: 11
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 5:34:54 PM   
Wheelah23


Posts: 4296
Joined: 8/9/2010
From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Status: offline 		I love old windows. Makes everything sorta wavey...

My house is 1922, not overly old, but the windows are all original. The glass is clear but crude, and the mechanisms for opening them still work, with the chains and everything.

_____________________________

Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home.

(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 12
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 6:13:43 PM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline 		I was thinking I need the bottom section of glass for the clock but I actually need the top. The top is 11 1/8 x 11 1/8 exactly.
I am going to reverse paint the bottom section.





Attachment (1)

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to Wheelah23)
Post #: 13
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 8:58:11 PM   
JOETHECROW


Posts: 9807
Joined: 9/3/2005
From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy)
Status: offline
quote:

Can you set it aside until after the Chistmas shipping crazyness? I'd hate to ship a plate of glass this time of year.



Sure Matt, No problem...

_____________________________

Joe

```````````````````````````````````
In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 14
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 10:49:37 PM   
cobaltbot


Posts: 3878
Joined: 4/7/2006
From: Delta, PA
Status: offline 		Nice piece I can't believe its colored.  I've been saving lots of little pieces from Stonetown, they are extremely thin.  I havent cleaned much up and a lot of it is opalescent but I cant recall a lot of waviness or bubbles which seems strange.  I figured by saving enough I might be able to figure out the size of the panes and possibly the windows??  How thick is that colored piece?  A goofy thought, but I also wondered if it would be possible to figure out what burned down Stonetown by doing forensics on the window pieces, say for example it was a Molotov cocktail or something.  This is also stupid but I look at those pieces and wonder what it would have looked like to peer in back in the day.


_____________________________

My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back....

(in reply to JOETHECROW)
Post #: 15
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 11:31:58 PM   
baltbottles

 

Posts: 2301
Joined: 11/25/2002
From: Baltimore Maryland
Status: offline 		Matt,

that window glass is very cool i can't say I have ever seen and colored window glass turn up in Baltimore privies so it has to be local to you. But I will also say I never paid much attention to broken window glass in privies. Now I guess I will be bringing broken window glass home from digs to take a closer look at it.

Chris


_____________________________

Please visit my website Antique Bottles Of Baltimore at : www.baltimorebottles.com

Looking to buy Pontiled Baltimore bottles of all types

Email me at baltimorebottles@gmail.com

(in reply to cobaltbot)
Post #: 16
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/17/2011 11:54:23 PM   
JOETHECROW


Posts: 9807
Joined: 9/3/2005
From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy)
Status: offline 		Great clock by the way Matt,....What is the bottle beside it?

_____________________________

Joe

```````````````````````````````````
In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




(in reply to baltbottles)
Post #: 17
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/18/2011 12:27:40 AM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline
quote:

What is the bottle beside it?

Its a big 12" John Gilbert druggist. I like the slugplates on them.

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to JOETHECROW)
Post #: 18
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/18/2011 12:32:14 AM   
AntiqueMeds

 

Posts: 2031
Joined: 3/6/2009
From: Frederick, MD.
Status: offline 		Most of the early dug window glass is probably going to be very opalized and hard to see it true nature.
The window glass I have fell down on the inside wall of the basement so it was better protected from the elements.
Its pretty much standard 1/8" thickness.

_____________________________

My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/
Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/
Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 19
RE: Maryland window glass - 12/18/2011 7:34:47 AM   
bostaurus


Posts: 2299
Joined: 2/17/2009
From: Madison, Wisconsin
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: AntiqueMeds

I was thinking I need the bottom section of glass for the clock but I actually need the top. The top is 11 1/8 x 11 1/8 exactly.
I am going to reverse paint the bottom section.





There was an clock like this at a country auction when we were stationed in England. The reverse painting was very nice. Because it was American no one really wanted it and it sold for about $35. I would have loved to have it but I think I had about $25 in my pocket


_____________________________

Always looking for veterinary bottles, American and foreign.

(in reply to AntiqueMeds)
Post #: 20
Page:   [1] 2   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Unexpected Discoveries >> Maryland window glass Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Antique Bottles

Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

0.120