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Early American Blown Glass Bowls
Up until a few years ago all we knew about 18th or early 19th century string footed blows were the one example in the Corning museum attributed to Glassboro another published and attributed Amalungs glass factory in Maryland and a 3rd attributed to Wistarburgh in private hands... Read More
Recent Discoveries
The Wistar Mansion Alloway, Salem County N.J.circa 1937 18th Century South Jersey Creamer from Wistarburgh Glass Works Not a New Discovery but Alas a New Photo of "The Batsto Bowl" Probably made at Glassboro by one of the.. Read More
Update 2025 Wistarburg revisited 2004
2022 update: Since these historical Archaeological undertakings 18 years ago with the help of the information learned at these 2 separate digs combined with almost 2 decades of additional study many pieces of Wistarburgh have now been able to be identified. Besides the thousands of.. Read More
A Wistarburg Glass Vase, Important Discovery in American Glass
Although the use and manufacture of glass vases in America has been widely disputed by many early American glass scholars in the past I purchased a piece last month that contradicts those thoughts, it is a glass vase made at the Wistarburg Glass factory in Alloway, Salem.. Read More
Southern New Jersey Stanger family frakturs + Early 19th century hunter w/glass powder horn & more!
Estellville Glass Works Ruins Glass Blowers at Millville Star Glass Works, Medford NJ (a classic view inside a glass factory) Captain Ebenezer Whitney.. Read More
DEVIL`S FIRE PAPERWEIGHTS
A South Jersey Folklore A natural phenomena found in the woods of South Jersey stimulated the imagination of glass workers for the creation of DEVIL"S FIRE paperweights, perfume bottles, ink wells, and mantel pieces. In the swamps of Southern New Jersey, there often.. Read More