E.G. Booz Bottle, Clevengers, 1930 - 1942

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E.G. Booz Bottle, Clevengers, 1930 - 1942:
$125.00

This bottle was hand blown at Clevengers\' in Clayton, NJ as a reproduction of the orig inal Whitney Glass Works Booz Bottle made during the 1870\'s. It was not made in the original Whitney mold, but in one that the Clevenger Brothers had made about 1930. Because of the excessive waste created due to the difficulties of getting enough glass up into the corners corners of the roofs, which also confounded the original Whitney production,the Clevengers had the mold\'s chimney enlarged a bit in hopes that this would enable more molten glass to to get up into the corners. This enlargement cut into more of the tops of the BOO letters on the roof. The Clevengers finally adopted the same solution that the Whitney factory tried by clipping or beveling the roof corners. Probably more than you would ever want to know, but it is a credit to the glass blowers\' ingenuity and craftsmanship in solving a problem.This example is was made in one of the beautiful shades of amber glass the Clevengers were known for, using the finest minerals and Jersey sand in their 19th century recipes. This piece has some beautiful unburst bubbles floating around and the separately applied and tooled lip sits on top of the chimney neck. There are no chips, cracks or other damage.The oil painting shown in a photo for your enjoyment was done by my uncle, Harold Griffin from Stone Harbor NJ. He was an illustrator who studied under Norman Rockwell in the 1920\'s. He worked as a freelance artist for publications in the Philadelphia area. After he retired to Stone Harbor he painted, mostly in oils, the things he loved in southern New Jersey. He was known for his use of colors as he saw them in the New Jersey skies and tidewaters. This painting was made from a sketch of a small clapboard house on Rte. 322 or Rte. 42 somewhere in South Jersey. It reminds me of the house, probably an old glass workers home probably used as a model for the original Booz bottle, which was not a log cabin as it is sometime referred to. On the western shore of the Jersey Cape, the little homes were also referred to as \"whalers\' shacks\" since whaling was still a thriving industry in the ocean and Delaware Bay in the late 1800\'s. It is not included in the sale.