Spring Garden Glassworks

[madpaddla]

Hello all,
Picked this one up a few days ago. I am leaning towards collecting these a bit more. Especially the half pint size.

 

[kwalker]

Awesome flask! I love the banners on this one. The anchor looks Baltimore-ish; is this from the same area?

 

[madpaddla]

The back has a nice cabin and tree.

 

[madpaddla]

Yeah I believe it is from Baltimore. I was wondering if anyone had any links to info on the Spring Garden Glassworks. Much appreciated.

 

[madpaddla]

Base. Wish it was pontiled. But that will be the next one.

 

[waskey]

That is a Baltimore flask and a very nice one. Congrats.

 

[madpaddla]

Did they make repros of them?

 

[kungfufighter]

ORIGINAL: madpaddla

Did they make repros of them?

Nope.

 

[LC]

Great embossing , never heard of that glass works before .

 

[surfaceone]

ORIGINAL: madpaddla

The back has a nice cabin and tree.

Pure beauty, Ben,

The fog of history has some date and name of glass house mystery elements. This One's in the Corning Museum Collection.

Bill Lockhart & David Whitten write: "Baltimore Glass Works
We include this mark because the Federal Hill Glass Works was also known as the Baltimore Glass Works. The plant was more likely to have used this mark than F H G W. Van Rensselaer (1921:6, 17) noted flasks marked on the fronts with Baltimore/Glass Works. Freeman (1964:68, 94, 104) described a flask embossed with an anchor and a rope marked Baltimore Glass Works, as well as a George Washington flask and one with an anchor. He did not provide a date range. In another instance, Freeman (1964:84) described a “Monumental City†flask embossed “Baltimore Glass Works Est’d 1780. Baker Bros. & Co.â€
Creswick (1995:10, 14) also showed a fruit jar embossed BALTIMORE (slight downward arch)/GLASS WORKS (horizontal) on the front. She dated the jar ca. 1860. The plant was owned by Baker Bros. who also made jars marked with their names (BAKER BROS. & CO. BALTIMORE, MD.) on the bases...

McKearin and Wilson (1978:71-74, 130-131; 665), however, called the factory the Baltimore Glass Works, and a number of flasks were embossed BALTIMORE/ GLASS/WORKS (see above). Production of glass actually began at Federal Hill on January 1, 1800. After a series of owners had come and gone, the Baker Brothers, headed by William Baker, obtained the factory by 1845. The Bakers allowed a group of blowers from the Federal Hill factory to start a cooperative known as the Spring Garden Glass Works. The cooperative failed by 1859, and the Bakers bought the factory. By 1863, they had moved all bottle production to the Spring Garden plant to concentrate on making window glass at Federal Hill." From.

This one may be available.