Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 182
h things a few pieces of thefamous Stiegel glassware, among the early objectsof fine domestic art manufactured in the Colonies.He was, indeed, not merely the picturesque, spec-tacular figure that legend has painted him, but anironmaster, town builder, and glassmaker, and oneof the most notable of… … BARON STIEGEL AND HIS GLASSWARE name was undoubtedly Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel;that is the way he signed the ships roster when hecame to this country. Later, following the customof his time, he varied it to Henry Wm. Stiegel. Hewas born May 13, 1729, near Cologne, on the Frenchside of the Rhine (or,…
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