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“Preserving The History of Our Nation’s First Major Industry”
National Bottle Museum® 76 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Phone: 518-885 -7589 email: [email protected]
Letter from the President:
Dear Members,
In our last newsletter we made an appeal
for a significant bottle to be donated for a raffle to benefit the National Bottle Museum. A generous, anonymous bottle collector responded. You know who you are and we sincerely thank you. The bottle raffle was a hit at our bottle show this past weekend a t t he S a r a t oga Coun t y Fairgrounds. (See articles below)
This quarter we have been included in a PBS special, AHA,( A House for the Arts), listed in the top ten strangest museums in NYS, and interviewed for newspaper features, most recently by the
Saratogian. The added publicity has resulted in more visitors from around the United States and beyond. It certainly has been rewarding.
Please put a visit to our unusual Museum on your calendar for 2017 and see all we have to offer!
Sincerely,
Ellie Dillon
President, Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees Ellie Dillon, President
Meg Stevens, Treasurer
Sara Stiles, Secretary
Ted Filli
Mark Juda
Patti Southworth
Phil Bernnard
Roy Topka
Stephanie DelSignore
Museum Director: Gary Moeller
Volunteer Director of Glassworks Studio: Heather Longacker
Volunteer Director of The Artists’ Space: Fred Neudoerffer
THE BOTTLE MUSE Spring 2017
Fundraiser for the National Bottle Museum
Rare Greeley Bourbon Whiskey Bitters Ring/Ham G102
The drawing of this Greeley bottle will be held on Sunday, August 6th at the Springfield MA Bottle Show sponsored by the FOHBC. It will be on display at this event all weekend. Tickets are $20.00 each. If you would like to purchase a ticket in advance, contact the National B o t t l e M u s e u m a t [email protected]
This rare bourbon bitters will be at the National Bottle museum till the Springfield Show.
This is a great opportunity to add a valuable, rare bottle to your collection. You do not need to be present to win!
Successful Annual Bottle Show
Once again Roy Topka and Phil Bernnard organized a successful bottle show at the Saratoga Fairgrounds. On the day of the event board members and volunteers were available to set up, welcome and assist vendors.
Heather Longacker of Glassworks Studio f i r e d u p h e r t o r c h f o r a d a y o f demonstrations. Those who bought a raffle ticket received a marble from Glassworks Studio made by Heather.
Vendors brought unique bottles of all shapes and sizes for purchase, trading and discussion. It was a wonderful day so thank you all for making this a special event. Be sure to mark your calendar for first Sunday of June 2018!
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An added feature to the Bottle Show this year was a corner set aside to educate the next generation of bottle collectors! The National Bottle Museum sponsored a free grab bag with information about their chosen bottle provided to these future collectors!
Rare Display at the Saratoga Bottle Show!
Artifacts from the site of Mt. Vernon Glass Co. archeological dig were on display at the Saratoga Bottle Show 2017. Unique iron originally mounted on glassblower chair to hold blowpipe to chair, ornate piece of furnace door, kiln brick and of course… glass were on display.
Meanwhile at the National Bottle Museum....
While visitors were busy at The Saratoga Show, the Museum's doors were also open with our Director Gary Moeller and special guest Gerard Dauphinais on hand to answer questions about his display and the molds carved by Malcolm Jones, master mold carver. Thank you to Gerard for being there, and thank you again for your generous donation.
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Director’s Report
“When people visit NBM, I often take the time to tell them about the collection wall where the bulk of the museum’s permanent collection is in what’s referred to as Open Storage.
I explain that most of the collection, over 2,700 pieces total, can be seen there and the newest bottle in the collection is probably a commemorative pyroglazed milk bottle, made for the National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors c.1995. The oldest bottles are the black glass onion bottles, which are European in origin. One of them has a label, applied by the donor, reading “DUTCH SQUAT 1710-1725 / WINE / FREE BLOWN”. That is likely
the oldest bottle in the collection.
I then usually ask if any of them have ever seen such a bottle before, and usually get a quick “No.”
I will then ask if they’ve seen any of “The Pirates of the Caribbean” movies and mostly get a quick “Yes,” after which I’ll ask “Did you see the first one?” and usually get another quick “Yes,” at which point I look at the visitors and say “You weren’t paying attention.”
There is a scene in the first “Pirates” movie, subtitled “The Curse of the Black Pearl,” in which the main character, Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, is left stranded on an island. He’s sitting on the beach, leaning against a chest and drinking, with a bottle in each hand. One was a ring flask, the other a Dutch squat.
I believe the “Pirates” movies are set in the 1770’s, in one of them one of the British naval officers makes a reference to “those pesky colonists.” I do not consider myself an expert, but from what I know, Disney got the bottles right!”
On another note, 95 people signed the guestbook in May, 4 were children. Visitors came from 13 different states, as well as one from Great Britain and three from Spain.
Warm regards,
Gary Moeller
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Thank you for your ongoing support of the National Bottle Museum!
Current Members of the National Bottle Museum
Chris and Maria Alex
Carl and Christine Alimonti
Michael Anderson
Janice Marie Badkin
Junne Barnett
James Becker
Mrs. James Benton
Phil Bernnard
James Berry
Arden Blunt
Minnie Bolster
Warner W. Bouck
G. Benjamin Bouck
Duane Braidwood
Jimmy Breen
Charles Bukin
Susan Burns
Joan Cabaniss
Laura Cerino
Dana Charlton-Zarro
Tom Clark
Andrew Constan
Eric Correia
John Cromie
Earl Dahl
Lisa Daigle
Gerard Dauphinais
John DeGrafft
Joseph DeLengyel
Arthur Dell
Stephanie Delsignore
Gerald A. Dexter
Robert Dicker
Eleanor Dillon
Thomas Dudarchik, Jr.
Jane Elkin
Mr.& Mrs. Stuart Elman
Mr. & Mrs. Neal Ferguson
Ted Filli
Ralph Finch
Ralph Fletcher
Johnnie W. Fletcher
Darlene J. Furda
Herman Galberd
Donald Garrison
Karen Giamis
Deborah Glagov
Leo G. Gourdreau Jr.
Art Gueguen
Gary Gugino
Tony Gugliotti
James & Janice Hagenbuch
Rick Hasenauer
Donald & Audrey Hauprich
Randy & Jan Haviland
Norman Heckler
Mrs. John Heller
Vance Heroth
Patricia Hoyt
Fran Hughes
James L. Jacobs
Mrs. Gary Johnson
Donald J. Jones
Pearl Joubert
Mark Juda
Christ & Carolyn Karras
Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Kelsey
Charles Kennedy
Steven Jon Ketcham
Gloria Kim
Sally Kolesar
Evelyn Kramer
Dacid H. Kuntz
James Kurtz
Brian Kutner
Jon Landers
Robert Latham
MarthaStuart Lazarus
William Leckie
Keith & Ellen Leeders
Dorothy Licini
Heather Longacker
Keith Lunt
David MacDougall
Al & Linda Macica
Hilda Mann
Fran Martone
Joan Weber Matson
Rick & Kathy Mattrazzo
Mrs. Thomas McCandless
Terry McMurray
Gary Moeller
Alice Moulton
Cecil Munsey Jr.
Ruth Ann Parent
Thomas M. Paskiewicz
John Pastor
Marilyn Pastore
Louie Pellegrini
Peter E. petrillose
Darrell Pinkney
Michael F. Polak
Rosemary C. Poskus
Robert G. Prentiss
Judy Prevratil
Carl Puckhaber
Irene Purificato
Ronald Rainka
Barbara & David Robertus
Joyce Rogers
Christopher Rogers
John Rudzinski Jr.
Larry Rutland
Virginia Sawicki
Robert Saxe
Eileen M. Schoch
Tim Schuck
Robert & Rosa Schweitzer
Mim Sciangelepore
Delores Scotti
Robert & Katherine Sheffield
Leigh A Simpson DDS
Robert & Rose Sokol
Dr. Burton Spiller
Fred D. Stein
Marilyn Cassidy Stephenson
Gary Stephenson
Barbara S. Stephenson MD
Meg Stevens
Sara Stiles
Sue Ellen Stine
Adam Stoddard
Ron Tetrault
Roy Topka
Phillip Toussaint
Donald Tucker
Carol Turney
David Tuxill
Jeffrey Ullman
Harold Upton
Linda Varelas
Nancy Voehringer
George Waddy
Harriet Wagner
Stewart Wagner
Larry Westfall
Frances Whetzel
Watt and Janet White
Dorothy Whited
Jeff Wichmann
David Wright
Somers Antique Bottle Club
Little Rhody Bottle Club
Capital District Bottle Club
National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors
Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Association Somers Antique Bottle Club
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The Jan Rutland Memorial Artist Space:
The spring ‘Pop Up’ Exhibit was followed up by The Galway High School Art Portfolio Class exhibit. Both shows had artists on hand for their opening nights and were well attended.
Glassworks Studio:
Glassworks Studio hosts ongoing classes for teens and adults in hot glass and art forms of all kinds. Special events and demonstrations are regularly held on the First Friday evening of each month.
On First Friday, May 5th, we were honored to host selected art work by J o n a t h a n C o l e m a n ' s s tudent s f rom Ma l ta
Avenue E l ementa r y School. The children, the i r fami l ie s , and visitors were treated to hot glass demonstrations as our resident artists interpreted their works in hot glass!
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