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Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a gad... - 6/5/2010 7:21:28 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Here are two end of day glass products and a flint jelly table ware bowl. The loving mug is made from the bottom batch of bottle glass and is loaded with potstones and other glass impurities usually associated with the bottom batch of glass.I am estimating the piece to be from the late 1790s to 1820.This is a rare glass whimsey and could have been made by a glass gaffer as a gift for his wife or daughter or other family members who may have been just married.The attached handles are hollow in manufacture.The base has an attached footed disk with a large pontil mark.The loving mugs through out history are usually associated with some sort of achievement. This particular piece was well taken care of suggesting it might have been a family heirloom of some sort. The vase might be the oldest as the footed base folded rim and attached thumb rests suggest the 1760 to 1780 time period of manufacture.It is made in the very familiar South Jersey yellow green glass. Again this piece was an end of day product as vases like this were never part of production in an early glass works The vase stands slightly crooked as the footed base pedastal collapsed slightly on one side.This only adds charm to the vase as there are no other glass conditions to report about.On the base the vase has a rough pontil with the gall in it usually associated with Wistarburgh.You can tell the vase was well taken care of also as other then a few small potstones the glass is in near perfect condition. The last item is a finely manufactured flint glass jelly type of bowl.The piece rings nicley when tapped with a hard object.The base has a tiered attached foot and pedastal design and a rough pontil mark. Where the bowl attaches to the base stand there is glass gadrooning almost like a lily pad design. I am estimating this piece again as colonial American in Manufacture 1770 to 1790. It is heavy comparativley to glass in similar size.As in most flint glass there very few imperfections in the glass as this being one of the reasons flint glass was chosen for the manufacture higher end tableware. Although the glass resembles wine glasses of the same era it is too large (5 inches) in diameter across the top to be a sipping glass of any type.Thoughts from others on all three would be appreciated. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen Post #: 1

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:22:56 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The loving mug is a great piece I recently aquired from Hank flowers of oldsouthjerseyglass.com Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 2

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:23:31 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Loving mug number 2 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 3

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:24:10 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Loving mug number 3 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 4

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:24:53 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Loving mug number 4 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 5

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:26:02 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The old South Jersey vase Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 6

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:26:31 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The vase number 2 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 7

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:27:00 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The vase number 3 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 8

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:27:49 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The gadrooning design in close on the base of the jelly bowl Attachment (1) < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 6/5/2010 7:28:35 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 9

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:29:03 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Jelly bowl number 2 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 10

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:29:34 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Jelly bowl number 3 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 11

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:30:16 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The jelly bowl number 4 Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 12

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 7:32:15 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Another group picture with the vase in closer. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 13

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 9:49:47 PM    Wangan   Posts: 1136 Joined: 12/4/2009 From: Northern Maine Status: offline Those are very nice pieces Steve! I think the vase looks a little funny with the tiny handles,but very nice just the same.We made droppers in science class out of tubing and I have been fascinated by how glass can be formed ever since. _____________________________ http://youtu.be/e4ujS1er1r0 (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 14

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/5/2010 10:12:19 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 3622 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Hi Tim yeah for funcinality the small handles are worhless.Its almost like the maker put them on upside down. Sobriety was tough for the early German gaffers.A time honored tradition to this day. _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Wangan) Post #: 15

RE: Old South Jersey glass: A vase, a Loving mug, and a... - 6/6/2010 4:02:31 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9282 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Steve,..great post and interesting, significant glass you've got there..... You brought to mind that when I worked in downtown Buffalo back in the 80's, doing flat glass work, the old German glass cutter Paul, had a refrigerator right in the cutting room and there was always beer on the job.                                                                                                 Joe < Message edited by JOETHECROW -- 6/6/2010 4:03:48 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 Steve/sewell) Post #: 16

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