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This bottle was part of the Warren Lane collection sold by Hecklers auction
in Oct of 2009.The flask is the GX-9 sailboat or sloop front side and an eight
sided star or flower design on the reverse. The flask was attributed to the
Bridgeton Glass works by Mckearin based on the similarity to the GX-7 flask.
The fishing industry was a very important business in Cumberland county
in New Jersey in the early part of the 1800s and is still today.
This flask is listed as comparatively scarce by Mckearin and is a pretty shade
of light sea green in color.It is a half pint in size and could easily be
considered a pocket flask.The bottle is in very good condition except for a tiny spec
of missing glass on the very top of the lip which is not jagged so it could easily be
an in the making mark.There is a medial rib on the side of the bottle.
The flask I believe is from the 1831 to 1840 time period.
Here is a little history of the Glass works in the city of Bridgeton New Jersey.
The oldest glass manufactory in Bridgeton is that known as the " Cohansey Glass Works.
It was founded in 1831 by Stratton, Buck & Co. The first factory was a small building,
with very primitive facilities. The furnace was of crude manufacture, and the pots weak
in structure. The fires were fed by pine wood, of which commodity immense quantities were
burned. Small bottles were the first articles manufactured. The business was not much of
a success, and after it had continued a few years the works passed into the hands of a Mr.
Rosenbaum. He held possession but a short time, when Joel Bodine assumed charge.
Maul, Hebrew & Co. afterward controlled the property and managed it until 1857, when a
new firm, Gen. David Potter, of Bridgeton, and F. L. Bodine, of Philadelphia, under the title
of Potter & Bodine, came to the front. This partnership continued until 1863, when the
firm again changed and took the name of F. & J. N. Bodine & Co. The Co. was dropped soon
after,and the business resumed under the proprietorship of F. & J. N. Bodine solely.
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