Henry William Stiegel Amethyst Flask

[Steve/sewell]

Refresh this page Jeff,to import my PM message, Charlie is there any way to send messages live almost like AOL messenger ? I know the system software probably cant perform the task just thought I would ask.

 

[cyberdigger]

Yeah some of us are allowed to use ABNIM but one has to be invited.. kinda like the masons... []

 

[George Ingraham]

ORIGINAL: Steve/sewell

Jeff check your PM box. Which bottle Georges or the one pictured.[8D]

Ok, I got lost... Am I missing out on something ? [8|]

 

[Steve/sewell]

I am sorry George another matter Jeff and I had been discussing.Where are you from George ?

 

[George Ingraham]

Ah, ok.. Thought so..

I live outside of Newport Wash

Diamond Lake area.

 

[Steve/sewell]

George I am somewhat of a Stiegel fanatic.Here is a customer who purchased from William Henry Stiegel Stove parts. Stiegel was as famous for his stove parts as he was for his glass.This same person was one of Stiegels merchants for his glass in Philadelphia. this invoice is from 1773 just before Stiegels financial ruin.

 

[Steve/sewell]

A little closer....... I guess you wont be coming to the East coast anytime soon[]

 

[Steve/sewell]

All the names you see on this invoice are men that fought in the Revolutionary war of Independence. Reese Meridith,Issac Daschall,John Kaighn founded Kaighns point in Camden New Jersey across from Center City Philadelphia,John Litle famous Philadelphia Merchant supplied George Washington with tons of pig iron for the revolutionary war ammo.

 

[Steve/sewell]

My bad 1772 November and December not 1773

 

[Steve/sewell]

This is one of my favorites George,
Here is a footed Jelly or preserves dish or bowl. Cornelius Weygandt once owned this piece. It was part of an extensive collection from East Petersburg PA. Weygandt had at the time Hunter was gathering information for his book the largest Stiegel collection known. A litlle History............Cornelius Weygandt was born on December 13, 1871, in Germantown, PA. He was the son of Cornelius Nolan Weygandt and Lucy Elmaker Thomas. His ancestry consisted of a long lineage of German immigrants. His great-great-grandfather, also named Cornelius Weygandt, immigrated from Osthofen, Germany, to Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1736. Moving into a German community had made the transition easier and helped keep his family’s German culture alive. Four generations later, Cornelius Weygandt led a life which was still strongly influenced by his ancestry, an influence evident by his writing.

Weygandt authored over eighteen books in his life. With his father a prominent banker and his mother a school teacher, it seemed fated that Weygandt would become a successful man. Weygandt proved to be enthusiastic and was motivated to become a scholar. He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania at the age of fifteen. However, by his own admission, he didn’t catch on to the entire meaning of higher education until his third year there. Weygandt seemed to possess a thirst for knowledge uncommon for a boy of his age; he quenched his thirst with a great number of books and volumes of history, as it pertained to his heritage. Throughout his childhood, Weygandt busied himself studying all manner of things about the world around him. He showed interest in many topics ranging from the local woodland creatures to the nursery rhymes of the local Pennsylvania Dutch.

His most notable work was in describing the culture of the Pennsylvania Germans which appeared in many of his books, the first being The Red Hills published in 1929. Weygandt wrote about the influences and remnants of colonial culture that still existed in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and New Hampshire (where he had a summer home). Weygandt wrote with pride of the Pennsylvania Dutch. He even opposed the movement to correct the phrase to Pennsylvania German, on the basis that, to the world, they were Pennsylvania Dutch. He felt that most of the greatest things about their heritage would be forever tagged as Dutch. Dutch cookbooks, Dutch furniture, Dutch pretzels, and more would all be lost to their rightful owners if they insisted on being called Pennsylvania German.

Between 1929 and 1946 he published fifteen books based on his higher provincialism model.In addition to his literary interests, Weygandt was also interested in the material world of the past. He collected a great number of Colonial Pennsylvania German related artifacts. He was also an avid bird watcher.His Stiegel glass collection numbered over 100 pieces at one time.These Stiegel glass items were once part of his personal collection.I have added a fourth which will arrive at my house between the 6th and 10th of June.Each item was tagged,and studied by him.Pieces from his collection appear from time to time and I have been fortunate to acquire all of these.Most of his collection of glass was gathered between 1890 and 1925.Mr. Hunter used a lot of the notes from Weygandt when he wrote Stiegel glass between 1905 and the publication date of 1914 as Mr Weygandt interviewed a lot of the older German families throught the same period also for his own research.The two men shared a common interest in the Stiegel glass and remained friends and shared quite a bit of information.