Steve/sewell
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I had visited the Crowleytown glass works site on the Mullica River in Burlington County New Jersey last month a few times and on a rainy day found what is the remains of possibly the last clay pot crucible which contained a beautiful mix of dark,emerald and light green glass shaped in a crystal like formation along with sand,soda,and lime deposits through out the piece. This object is quite likely from the last year and month of operation at the works in 1871. Based on other shards and glass frit I found at the site various shades of greens were the staple color of the factory.
It is quite a large piece of Slag/Frit what ever you want to call it as it is generally 6 inches long by 4 inches thick. There is enough glass there to produce 10 pint sized flasks I am sure. It is also quite heavy at 11 pounds. Some of the formations seen in the glass vary from solid glass to crystallized glass to a chalky porous glass like substance to pure sand.This tells me this chunk of glass was still in the pot when it cooled and froze in time in this state. I took some compariso photos to show the size of the piece relative to a pint sized New England Flask. The pictures came out great today and I thought I would share them with you this morning.
It is quite a large piece of Slag/Frit what ever you want to call it as it is generally 6 inches long by 4 inches thick. There is enough glass there to produce 10 pint sized flasks I am sure. It is also quite heavy at 11 pounds. Some of the formations seen in the glass vary from solid glass to crystallized glass to a chalky porous glass like substance to pure sand.This tells me this chunk of glass was still in the pot when it cooled and froze in time in this state. I took some compariso photos to show the size of the piece relative to a pint sized New England Flask. The pictures came out great today and I thought I would share them with you this morning.