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Ceramics & Glass (Week 8) Flashcards

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American Glass

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Dominated the market by imported English and Europea wares

made with ancient techniques still used today

venice as center of glassmaking

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American Glass materials/methods

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silica (sand), alkali (potash), lime fused at high temperatures

needed access to raw materials and wood for furnaces

European-trained immigrant glasshlowers are key from 17th century forward

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18th Century American Glass Factories

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Caspar Wistar, New Jersey, est. 1739

William Henry Stiegel, Manheim, PA, est. 1765

Johann Frederick Amelung, New Bremen, MD, est. 1785

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Bottle

Wistar

Wistarburg Glassworks

New Jersey

1745 - 1755

first successful glass factory

characteristically light green

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Pocket Bottle

Henry William Stiegel

Manheim, PA

1769 - 1774

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Covered Goblet

John Frederick Amelung

New Breman, MD

1785 - 1795

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Decanter

Bakewell, Page, and Bakewell

Pittsburg, PA

1826 - 1835

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Bishop Mug

Thomas Cains

Boston

1821 - 1825

*important for exam

chain decoration, loops of glass applied, motif associated with Cains

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Decanter

Thomas Cains

1813 - 1835

chain decoration

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Pair of Tulip Vases

Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.

Sandwich, MA

1845 - 65

pressed glass

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American Ceramics

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market dominated by English, Continental, and Asian imports

types: Redware, Stoneware, Porcelain

early efforts: Bonnin and Morris, Tucker

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Platter

Pennsylvania

Redware

mid 19th century (1850s)

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Jar/Pot

1855 - 1859

J & E Norton

Bennington, Vermont

Stoneware with colbalt blue

utilitarian, food storage

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Pitcher

att. Daniel Greatbatch

1829 - 1833

stoneware

Jersey City, NJ

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Pewter and Britannia

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Pewter - alloy rincipally of tin, small amounts of lead, copper, antinomy, bismuth

cast in brass molds

styles changed slowly

raw tin not found in America - early market dominated by English and Continental imports

not durable when in daily use

everyone ate and drank from pewter

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Pewter can

William Will

Philadelphia

1765 - 1798

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William Will

Teapot

1764-98

philadelphia

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William Will

Teapot

Philadelphia

1764 - 1798

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Fireback

Joseph Webb

1770 - 1787

cast iron

Boston

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Decorative Arts 1650 - 1850 (8 decks)

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