The staff of the Museum of American Glass does not appraise glass. Our curator does offer an identification service. We ask for a $5.00 donation to the Museum Acquisition Fund for this service. If the piece is American, you will receive information on the maker, age, pattern, etc.

If you are interested in an appraiser, we would suggest one of the following:

American Society of Appraisers www.appraisers.org

International Society of Appraisers www.isa-appraisers.org

We offer the resources of the Museum of American Glass to identify your pieces of American glass. Note the word “identify.” This is not an appraisal or valuation. We will attempt to provide date and manufacture information, pattern name and artist where relevant.

There is a nominal $5.00 fee per piece for this identification service. You can mail your $5 check (payable to "Wheaton Arts") and several clear photos to Museum of American Glass, 1501 Glasstown Road Millville, NJ 08332. Please include your name, phone number, email, item description and item condition in a letter.

Although some pieces require only minutes, others take considerable research time. Time required for the identification also varies with staff availability. We make every effort to complete each identification within four weeks, at which time you will receive a letter from the Museum of American Glass.

It can be very difficult to identify glass from photographs, so please try and provide us with the clearest images that you can.

GLASS RESTORATION/REPAIR

Following is a list of glass repair businesses. These businesses and individuals are not associated with WheatonArts or the Museum of American Glass in any way. We offer these suggestions as a courtesy only, not as a recommendation.

GLUEING/RESTORATION

Kory R. Berrett
3053 Reisler Rd.
Oxford, PA 19363
610-932-2425

Ray Errett, Conservator
Glass Restoration&Repair
101 Mohican Trail
Wilmington, NC 28409
910-792-1807

A. Ludwig Klein&Son
PO Box 145
Harleysville, PA 19438
215-256-9004

Baer Specialty Shop
259 E. Browning Rd.
Bellmawr, NJ 08031
856-931-0696

Sharon Smith Abbott
Fine Wares Restoration
Highland Ridge Road
PO Box 753
Bridgton, ME 04009
207-647-2093

CHIPS REMOVED BY CUTTING

Antique Glass Restoring
The 202 Shops
Route 202
PO Box 216
New Hope, PA 18938
215-794-7724

Linda Reininger
Glassy Lassy
217 Penguin Rd.
Bricktown, NJ 08723
908-920-1987

O. K. B.
140 Bradford Drive
West Berlin, NJ 08091
856-768-5400

Pepi Herrmann
3 Waterford Place
Gilford, NH 03246-6661
603-528-1020

Vandermark Merritt Glass Studios
240 Readington Road
Somerville, NJ 08876
908-231-8189

The first attempt at glassmaking in the New World was in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608. Three later ventures were tried in New York, Philadelphia and Salem, Massachusetts. It wasn't until 1739 that the first successful glass factory was established by Caspar Wistar in Alloway, New Jersey. The Wistar factory operated until about 1782. Wistar defied English policy forbidding all manufacturing in the Colonies. America was to supply raw materials for England and furnish a market for English goods. After the Revolution, the number of glass factories steadily increased, meeting the needs of the new nation.

In 1967, Wheaton/Nuline made reproductions of old American bottles. So that these reproductions would not be confused with the originals, the bottles were made in different colors and were marked “W”, “Nuline” or “Wheaton, NJ.”

In addition to reproduction bottles, Wheaton Glass also produced Commemorative Decanters of Presidents, American Writers, Inventors, Astronauts, Military Leaders, Patriots and others. These were produced in limited editions (quantities). The production of these reproduction bottles and commemorative decanters was discontinued between 1974 and 1975.

For further information on the subject, we suggest that you contact the Creative Wheaton Collectibles web site: www.cwcusa.net. 

We provide this information as a service. Creative Wheaton Collectibles is not affiliated with WheatonArts or the Museum of American Glass.