Wilhelm Henry Stiegel's glass collection Part 1

[Steve/sewell]

number 6

 

[Steve/sewell]

I cant wait to get it home!

 

[surfaceone]

I cant wait to get it home!

Hey Steve,

First of all, did'ya get home ok?

How was the new guy's reunion with his brothers? Thanks again for this great thread.

I thought of you this evening. As I embarked for the evening's errands, the surprising snow accumulation that greeted me, was the first tell. Flakes as big as Frosted Flakes coming down inexorably. Little bit of shimmy turning out'ta the drive convinced me to take it easy.

From then on it was autobahn Ice Follies time. Had to circle the Starbux cuz some lady had plowed into the hedges and was sitting there recomposing herself while the gendamerie blocked traffic and rotated the night with red and blue light.

The grocery store parking lot was a no rulez zone as parking spots were obscured. Cars and shopping carts akimbo, snow covered before their owners reached the store door.

"Could this be the openning salvo in Steve's predicted Big Snowpile Coming Soon?" I thought as I made my way through driver's maneuvering as if braille driving or those trying to pass and going too fast for road conditions. Stay tuned, folks...

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[Steve/sewell]

Here is a good brief story of Stiegel,what I find interesting and I should have known this because of my German Heritage
from my mothers side of the family , the way we have been told Stiegel was spelled and pronunciated.We say Steegul for the letters Stiegel
however his name in the early book registrys in Philadelphia spell it different at Stiggiel's as does this Stove plate made at his furnace in Elizabeth
shows.The following supposedly is how he signed the book registry on the ship bound for America (Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel).Which is correct
Stiegel or Stiggiels I will continue to search for resources that may shed some additional light on the matter.

Here is the link to the web site.

http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=911