Some of the collection

[potstone]

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[Steve/sewell]

Greg I would have to say they were made at the same place at least.I believe it is one glass gaffers individual style.
The lip being inverted makes it easier to hold dont you think.The color on your bottle is very close to the one I pictured.
These bottles look like they were made to hold something as simple as water.They were made very quickley in mass numbers in their day for sure.
That brighter green in the glass in each bottle signals Stiegel,plenty of this type of glass in the same color was found at all three of Stiegels
glass works.Wistar glass is a little darker green in color,same for the Stangers and Heston and Carpenter of Glassboro and Amelung tends
to have a grayish cast even in the green junk bottles he produced.One other possible place of manufacture would be Hillstown Pennsylvania.
These works have often lived in the shadow of Stiegel, Wistar,Amelung,and the Germantown Braintree Mass glass works.
They were in business from 1754 to 1784 thats 30 years of glass production I believe we have some of their wares in all of early American glass collections.
I would love to take a trip up there some day and see if we couldnt figure out exactly where the works were located.It is just an hour north of where I live Greg.You have a great collection of bottles and glassware.

 

[potstone]

Thanks Steve,

I have had a lot of interest in the Hilltown glass works.
I have a report from the archaeological dig that was done there.
It shows fragments of glass from the works. The Mercer
Museum not far from the works has examples of the glass.
The forms and glass color makes you really wonder. Yes
I do agree with you, I think Hilltown glass has been in
collections with out any body's realization.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Greg here are a Wistar chestnut and the inverted lip bottle side by side.
It is when viewed this way you can see the difference in the colors.
How did you get a copy of the Archaelogical dig sheet thats great.
They have a museum in Jersey for the works but nothing
on the Pa. side of the river? Where is the museum,Hamilton Trenton,Priceton?

 

[potstone]

I see the color variation your talking about.

www.mercermuseum.org[/align]84 South Pine Street
Doylestown, PA 18901-4930
(215) 345-0210

 

[Steve/sewell]

www.mercermuseum.org

I figured Mercer county New jersey. I guess Hugh Merecr revolutionary war hero and General fought both sides of the river Huh Greg.[]Thanks for the info could be a good day trip my wifes best friend lives out that way.

 

[potstone]

I have several pages of hand written notes with drawn examples
of glass and shards from a gentlemen back in the 1950's.
He was digging at the site and doing a good bit of research.
One of these days I will try to scan them for you to see.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Wow the museum looks like a German Castle awesome.The place looks huge .I tried thier online catalog found some items under glass
but when you click on the picture of the individual item you get redirected to the main page.Hick ups on web pages vataya gonna do[][]

 

[CanYaDigIt]

Thanks for those pics Greg. That milk glass pitcher is a beauty. Do you know the age and origin? Is the cobalt one to the right of it in the group shot a Clevenger or an original? Thanks again.

 

[potstone]

Aaron,
The milk glass (Opal) pitcher is described in the book, "The Glass Gaffers Of New Jersey" on page #77. There is a photo of
the exact pitcher dating C. 1830 from New Jersey. The cobalt
pitcher is the real thing, it is English C. 1850/60.