Marylands third Glassworks The New Bremen Glassmanufactory .

[Steve/sewell]

The base of the purple flask.It is a terrible picture but you can see the oarang or red colored matter in the pontil area.
I will take a better picture of this one this week.

 

[Steve/sewell]

A wine glass with a known pattern used many times in Amelungs engravings on glass.

 

[Steve/sewell]

A chestnut Bottle in light green glass with a hint of smokey gray.

 

[Steve/sewell]

One of my favorite flasks a light grayish purple twenty two ribbed pocket bottle.This is a beautifull flask.

 

[Steve/sewell]

A very unique Square squatty case bottle with applied rigaree at the corners again this bottle has traces of the red dirt in the pontil.The bottle was blown again in the half post method.This bottle was picked up at the same auction as the first decantur I posted with the 1792 date.You can see on the lower sides where the gaffer held the bottle with some kinda of a hand held vise tool when he applied the decorative rigaree.Again one of my favorites and I have never seen another one.

 

[Steve/sewell]

I will post some more additional information and pictures of more glass in the coming days.Gunther let me know if you can get out there to the glass works.
I have a good feeling about this that you will find glass shards.

 

[RED Matthews]

More good information Steve, thank you. RED M.

 

[earlyglass]

Nice thread Steve.

What do you think of this rummer or wine? It has the pattern of an identical one listed in American Glass (plate 43) by George McKearin, and listed as probably New Bremen Glass. Funny that I assumed that the "BRE" were initials of an individual, but could it be for "BREmen"?

The case bottle on the left has an extremely old label stating that the bottle was part of "Emporor Napoleon's" carrying case.

Mike

 

[Steve/sewell]

Wow Mike !! thats great looking glass!!.I love the case bottle I have never seen one with the label intact.
Napoleans own case bottle were in Gods creation did you find that one incredible!!?
I checked the description in Mckearins book and my Amelung book,Mike and I dont see that style of letter
on any of the pieces listed as original Amelung.Usually the letters have a cursive flare to them.It is old though
and deffinatley Germanic in type.Could be Stiegel who knows he did have an engraver Lazarus Isaac who ran
away when Stiegels glass works began to show signs of failure.He started a glass works in Philadelphia in 1774
that apparently did quite a bit of engraving before it to failed as a result of the American revolutionary war.
I realy like the green aqua wine glass.

 

[earlyglass]

Steve,

Check out the "John Reynolds" large covered flip on plate 35 in American Glass... the font is identical. It may not be Amelung, but I think it is probably 18th century from your area.

Mike