THE DEMIJOHN PAGE
Demijohn 5 - Black (olive-amber) glass cylinder, full of seed bubbles, 17 inches tall x 8 inches in diameter (2 gallons), free-blown, glass pontil scar, applied and tooled sloping-collar lip, probably Stoddard, New Hampshire glass, 1840-60.
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Demijohn 7 -
A free-blown, French
bonbonne with a sheared lip and
hand-applied string in a
deep puce
color
Demijohn 8 - Another French bonbonne in its original plaited fiber cover.
Demijohn 6 - German vorratsflasche (storage bottle), 14.25" tall. Flared lip, glass pontil scar. Circa 1840-60.
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< Demijohn 9 - A kidney-shape in dark green glass, 16 inches tall. It has a large, rough pontil scar and a sheared lip with a substantial applied string. The lip has been fire-polished. Blown in a four-piece mold. A very stout bottle. Probably Continental in origin dating to the mid-1800s. |
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Demijohns 10 - A trio of colorful cylinders, 17.5 - 18 inches tall (about two gallons). The left and center bottles have pontil scarred bases. Circa 1850 -1890
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< Demijohn 11 - Red-amber cylinder, 15 inches tall by 6 inches in diameter (two gallons), smooth base, applied and tooled lip, embossed on the shoulder "BFC", probably American, circa 1880. The initials BFC are unidentified. |
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Demijohn 12 - Kidney-shaped quart, 8.5 inches tall, amber glass full of seed bubbles, applied and tooled lip, blown in a two-piece mold, glass pontil-scarred base, American, circa 1850-65. > |
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Demijohn 13 - An odd-size bottle only nine inches tall, with a capacity of 1.75 quarts. This capacity doesn't correspond with any common system of measure. The capacity may be a result of the irregular side-wall of the bottle. The color, the lack of a pontil scar, and even the shape suggest a continental origin, perhaps France or Germany. Blown in a three-piece mold. Crudely-applied (and skimpy) lip. mid-19th Century.
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Demijohn 14 - This is a five-liter bottle with a loaf-shape body. Blown in a three-piece mold, with a glass pontil scar. Probably German, mid-19th Century. Note how the neck was formed before the clam-shell portions of the mold were opened.
Demijohn 16 - Black glass, about 19" tall. Sheared lip, applied string. No pontil scar. Possibly blown in a dip mold (inflated so that mold seams may be obscured). Origin unknown. 19th century.
Demijohn 15 - Black glass, 12" tall magnum. Dip mold blown, sand pontil scar. Circa 1770 >
Glass House Farm (Glass House Co) 1758 – 1772, New York City . . .
Ultimately the Revolutionary War was the most detrimental problem the factory dealt with and all output ceased when the War of Independence was in full swing. The British were in control of the city of New York from 1775 through 1776.
The bottle may have been made for Petrus (Peter) Stuyvesant (1727 – 1805). Petrus Stuyvesant was an extremely influential New York merchant who was a close associate and neighbor of Lodewyck Bamper, a descendent of one of the Glass House Company founders.
--Research by Stephen Atkinson
Peachridge Glass