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#540 - 737 - Unmarked "Stoddard" - Deep amber.

  Lot # 540
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  • Lot # 540
  • System ID # 263541
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#540      737      Unmarked.      Deep olive toned amber.

This particular mold variant with flat top and sharp top corner is believed to have been produced at a glass factory in the Stoddard, New Hampshire area.

Perhaps less than a dozen of this impressive mold variant have been observed in the past four decades.  Attributed to a Stoddard, New Hampshire glass house, since an example was found by a bottle collector who excavated Stoddard glass factory sites.  

Glass was produced in the Stoddard area, starting in 1840’s and continuing into the early 1870’s, at several factory locations.  Joseph Foster  built the first glasshouse there in 1842.  Several Fosters were involved with glass production in Stoddard into the 1850’s, when some departed to Canada to set up operations in St. John.  The year 1861 found George W. Foster back in Stoddard, advertising various wares, including telegraph and lightning rod insulators.

Shallow flakes on the base edge, and some small nibbling at the top corner of the dome. Bruise on the dome corner is mostly hidden by the densely colored glass. Second photo shows the above mentioned arc shaped bruise on side of dome.

Dick Bowman collection.