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Right to left, dark pur¬ 
ple pitcher, golden amber 
pitcher, and large and 
small sea green pitchers 
Wistarberg glass of 1735- 
1780. Left to right, deep 
olive green flecked white, 
royal blue sugar bowl 
the demijohn shaped bottles, 
then the historical ones, then 
later the bitters bottles. From 
them much may be learned of 
the early craftsmanship of 
making glass bottles. They 
show the manner in which 
the bottle was blown, the 
shape of the mold, the way 
it was finished, such as a 
sheared off mouth or added 
flange, and how the neck was 
formed. The earliest bottles 
have the patched-on neck. 
Another important point to 
notice is the rough pontil 
mark on the base, which in 
the early American bottles 
was left rough, the European 
practice being to grind it out, 
leaving a smooth hollow in 
the base, after 1800. 
I like best the early denu¬ 
des shown in the illustrations 
ie “dear imprisoned spirit of 
grape” still clings, for they 
are like beautiful blown bubbles and make a 
charming decoration when used with bronzes 
and copper. 
Of the historical bottles the one I like best is 
the General Taylor bottle of 1840, with its 
rinmner American motto of “General Taylor 
but was unable to withstand 
the foreign competition of 
Holland and England. Some 
of his glass is in the homes 
of these cities to this day, but 
the most of it has been found 
in the farm homes around 
Manheim, Pa. 
The only glass factories 
that were established before 
1800 and are still doing busi¬ 
ness are the Dyottville glass 
works, now Kensington glass 
works, Philadelphia, estab¬ 
lished 1771; the Whitney 
glass works, Glassboro, New 
Jersey, established 1775; and 
the Baltimore glass works, 
Baltimore, established 1790. 
The glassware made at these 
three factories should be col¬ 
lected; also the glass made in 
the early part of the 19th 
Century at Millville, N. J.; Albt 
Pittsburg, Pa.; Franklin Furnace 
other factories throughout New England and 
other states. The field for collecting glass is 
large and there is a great amount of research 
work yet to be done to classify our early glass 
properly. 
The A B C of glass collecting in America 
is bottles; all the early glass, factories made 
them, and they are easy to obtain. First came 
(Left) The 
“ G eneral 
Taylor Never 
Surrenders” 
bottle is on 
the box in 
the center 
The pitchers 
above are 
royal blue 
and the bot¬ 
tle is of a 
golden amber 
color 
New England candlesticks made at Sandwich, Mass. The dolphin de¬ 
signs suggest the clippers, whaling ships and frigates of earlier America 
The early whale oil and kerosene lamps of America would make a 
wonderful collection of beauty and historic interest 
