Steve/sewell
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I have had these bottles for quite some time and although I thought at first they were a product of the Wistar Glass works in
New Jersey because of the rolled lips it has become more clearer to me recently based on the color of the glass and an exact description in an ad placed by Wilhelm Henry Stiegel of Manheim Pennsylvania that these two bottles and the likes of similar bottles in style and color are products of the Manheim glass works of Stiegel.The bottles are a flattened chestnut style very typical of the mid 1700s and seen in the New Jersey ,Pennsylvania,Delaware,and Maryland areas in a half pint size joined or fused together side by side.Another bottle very similar called the Gemel bottle were made a little later at the turn of the century but those typically are designed to not to be able to stand vertically.Each bottle has a very indented pyramid shaped main pontil area, and what is neat about them is there are three pontil marks on each one.Each bottle has its own pontil mark and after they are joined a third one centered is the most prevalent. The only two products that come to mind where it would make complete sense to use this type of bottle are vinegar and oil.When they were poured equal amounts of each liquid would come out at the same time making it easier at dinner time for a nice mixture.
Wilhelm Henry Stiegel at his Manheim Pennsylvania Glass works was the first American to make these bottles and called them by name,( " what is quite obvious when viewed" ),JOINED bottles.Stiegel advertised in a lot of American Newspapers particularly in Philadelphia and New York.He described his wares quite well in some of the ads and this one from the PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER October 1st 1770 lists his products by name,size and any special enameling or engraving.The items mentioned in this ad are for sale at the American Flint Glass Store at Second Street the fifth door above race street.What is Ironic about this store location is in thirty short years Dr. Thomas Dyott of Philadelphia would own this entire block at Second and Race Streets and would use it as his store for his famous Dr. Robertson's medicines but that is another story. First here is the ad from my book by N. Hudson Moore titled "Old Glass European and American"
New Jersey because of the rolled lips it has become more clearer to me recently based on the color of the glass and an exact description in an ad placed by Wilhelm Henry Stiegel of Manheim Pennsylvania that these two bottles and the likes of similar bottles in style and color are products of the Manheim glass works of Stiegel.The bottles are a flattened chestnut style very typical of the mid 1700s and seen in the New Jersey ,Pennsylvania,Delaware,and Maryland areas in a half pint size joined or fused together side by side.Another bottle very similar called the Gemel bottle were made a little later at the turn of the century but those typically are designed to not to be able to stand vertically.Each bottle has a very indented pyramid shaped main pontil area, and what is neat about them is there are three pontil marks on each one.Each bottle has its own pontil mark and after they are joined a third one centered is the most prevalent. The only two products that come to mind where it would make complete sense to use this type of bottle are vinegar and oil.When they were poured equal amounts of each liquid would come out at the same time making it easier at dinner time for a nice mixture.
Wilhelm Henry Stiegel at his Manheim Pennsylvania Glass works was the first American to make these bottles and called them by name,( " what is quite obvious when viewed" ),JOINED bottles.Stiegel advertised in a lot of American Newspapers particularly in Philadelphia and New York.He described his wares quite well in some of the ads and this one from the PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER October 1st 1770 lists his products by name,size and any special enameling or engraving.The items mentioned in this ad are for sale at the American Flint Glass Store at Second Street the fifth door above race street.What is Ironic about this store location is in thirty short years Dr. Thomas Dyott of Philadelphia would own this entire block at Second and Race Streets and would use it as his store for his famous Dr. Robertson's medicines but that is another story. First here is the ad from my book by N. Hudson Moore titled "Old Glass European and American"
