The Estellville Glass Works New Jerseys Stonehenge

[Steve/sewell]

10 Slag and shards are everywhere at this site.

 

[Steve/sewell]

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[Steve/sewell]

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[Steve/sewell]

13 Lime stone rocks, slag ,frit shards everywhere.

 

[Steve/sewell]

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[RED Matthews]

Well 'Steve' You've done it again;
The Estellville Glass Works New Jerseys Stonehenge - 2/12/2013 8:13:22 PM

A neat set of pictures and history of this early glass house in New Jersey. Steve has done so much great information assembly that it is all prime glass history for those of us that care really appreciate. CSM

 

[Steve/sewell]

Red thanks ,this place is a must see if you love old glass. It should remain for quite some time as far as development goes for it is in a county park system and it is near water.

 

[fer_de_lance]

Steve,
Can you post photo of a bottle attributed to this factory?

Tim

 

[Steve/sewell]

Tim I found shards of many popular Medicine bottles,Opodeldocs,Batemans,Godfreys ect. ,Historical flasks: I am quite confident one of the Washington Taylor historical flasks was made here along with a Jenny Lind calabash type I am sure. There is an enormous amount of amber glass suggesting bitters bottles were made here also. In 1842 the glass works was taken over by Jackie Getsinger and John Rosenbaum. Rosenbaum also owned a half interest along with Thomas Whitney in the Malaga Glass works 15 miles north of Estellville. I think through some careful research it will be found that some of the amber famous bitters bottles were also a main output after 1855 right on up to 1875. There were at least three large New York Merchants who were sole agents for the glass works in the 1830s,40s,50s and 60s.I will post the shards tomorrow after work.

 

[fer_de_lance]

Thanks Steve, I really envy you folks in the East as we don't have anything like that here in southern Indiana.Did you have a chance to look at photos I posted of the James River mallet ?