Object Number 1959.3028 A, B

Object Name

Sugar bowl

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry William Stiegel Manheim Glassworks (Possible maker)

Stenger Glassworks (Possible maker)
The Stangers Glass Works Sept 23rd 1779 On September 23rd 1779 Solomon Stanger negotiated with Jacob Gosling of Woolwich Township for a 200 acre tract of land which in the next year would house the first Glass Works in Gloucester County in Southern New Jersey. The land transaction was paid by Stanger to Gosling for 700 British Pounds. This was the founding moment of Glassboro and an important one in the history of Gloucester County as these works at the time were the largest employer in the immediate area. The Stangers style in the manufacture of glass was the same one they used first at Caspar Wistars United Glass Manufactury works in Alloway Salem county and then slightly later by Christian Stanger who left Wistars works and went to work for Wistars rival Stiegel at Wilhelm Henry Stiegel glass Works in Manheim Pennsylvania. The Stangers would go on to be Americas most influential early glass family starting many more glass works in multiple states over the next 75 years. Below are many examples of glass produced by the Stangers at Glassboro in the early years of the new factory. http://historical-american-glass.com/the-stangers-glass-works.html

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania or New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1765-1790

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Blown, Pincered

Dimensions (inches)

6.772 (H) , 5.945 (L) , 3.898 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.2 (H) , 15.1 (L) , 9.9 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Pepper, Adeline. 1971 The glass gaffers of New Jersey, and their creations from 1739 to the present.
• Published: p. 18, fig. 14 one of a group of five related sugar bowls, possibly attributed to Henry William Stiegel's Manheim Glassworks; or possibly Stenger or Stanger Glassworks in Glouchester CO., NJ.
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 152, pp. 191-193
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Published: pl. 15, no. 3
[Book] McKearin, Helen & McKearin, George S. 1950 Two hundred years of American blown glass.
• Published: p. 181, pl. 30.
[Article] Beuchner, Thomas S. 12//1955 Origins of American Glass. Antiques. 68 (6)
• Published: 560, fig. 2.
[Book] White, Margaret E. 1964 The decorative arts of early New Jersey.
• Published: p. 13