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The Stangers founded New Jerseys Second glass works in 1779.They had previously worked at Wistarburgh for Richard Wistar.The main output of this factory was utilitarian type bottles or farmers bottles as they were referred too.The three main colors produced here were green, aqua and just about every shade of amber.The Stangers came from the United Glass Works otherwise known as ( Wistarburgh).The Palitinate Germanic style can be seen on on a lot of the bottles associated with members of this family no matter where they worked.
This particular bottle is a very dark amber in color with a ton of bubbles in the glass.The bottle in fact is so dark in color that I held it up to the sun directly and the sunlight could barely penetrate the glass.There are also striations of olive colors in the glass.There is a deep,rough blowpipe type of pontil mark on the bottom.There is plenty of base wear.The shape of the bottle is in the classic chestnut design as it looks round from one angle yet can be clearly seen as flattened from the other angles. The top has the typical rolled lip and is very crudely placed on the bottle.The neck has a serious lean to one side.It is eight eight and a half inches tall and six x 3 wide at the base.
This bottle could have easily been an American made early porter bottle or just a common utility bottle that would have been used to hold water.This color was also common on a lot of the early New England chestnut bottles but the lip points to South Jersey as this type of finish is seen often on bottles from this region.This is the first amber colored colonial era American made bottle in my collection.Although not rare at all in bottle collecting circles these bottles were the first truley American made with this type of design not being seen at all in the German,Dutch,or English counterparts.
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Stanger Glass Works, Glassboro New Jersey dark Amber Ch... - 
Interesting history too, right around where I live too. South Jersey was a hotspot for glass making around this time and it's great to see a piece made around here.
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