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Amelung’s Glassworks and Washington’s Mount Vernon Tribute
John Frederick Amelung, a Maryland glassmaker born in Germany, rose to fame 1788 1789 for copper wheel engraving producing goblets and case bottles. He visited Mount Vernon to present engraved Washington family coat of arms goblets, praised by George and Martha Washington and by contemporary observers shaping early American industry.
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Amelung
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Bohemia
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Germany
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Emily C. Johnson
Frederick
Colonel Baker Johnson
Frederick County
United States
P. Stover
Tobias and the
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Maryland Historical Society
A. Konig
August Konig
Baltimore
Charles Ghequiere
Hamburg
Ameling
Massachusetts
Boston
Glassmanufactory
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Maryland
John Fr. Amelung
Washington
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Thomas Jefferson
France
Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
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Bremen Glass Manufactory
Mount Vernon
George Washington
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Martha Washington
Virginia
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Martha Dandridge Custis
Martha
Jackie
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Little Washington
Manson
Charles Willson Peale
Bennett's Creek
Alexandria
Georgetown
John F. Amelung
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Edward S. Delaplaine
Maryland Court of Appeals
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