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The New London Glassworks 1856-1868+
In 1856, the organizers of the original company were N.S Perkins Jr and Lorenzo Hodsden along with Leonard S. Shaffer and Thomas W. Perkins. In 1859, it is believed it then became the UNION GLASSWORKS, who did produce at least one flask (GXV-23) and some marked soda bottles. Then in 1863, the next information about glassmaking in New London came from the Fort Trumbell area and was operated by William Barry and Nathan S. Fish. This firm was called the THAMES GLASSWORKS CO., which produced a large amount of light and dark green glass. The rare J.J. SQUIRE preserve jars had a patented top and were produced there. The company also produced pressed amber glass insulators for telegraph wires. In 1865, it was taken over by a new firm and named the FORT TRUMBELL GLASS CO, with D.S. Calhoun, N. Hendricks, Jasper R. Gilbert and H.G. Foster. There was a stock certificate dated 1868 that shows J.Gilbert as President. They produced druggists ware including medicinal bottles, fruit and pickle jars, wines, demijohns, flasks and orders for owners of private moulds. They also produced bottles for many popular medicines including Perry Davis's Painkiller and Hyatt's Infallible Life Balsam. There is also a unique freeblown pitcher known to have been blown there. The New London flasks and also the Union Glassworks flasks came in some fantastic colors like copper-amber, golden-amber, red-amber, yellow-amber, aquamarine, emerald-green, very-pale-green, olive-yellow, clear deep-green, bluish-green, yellow-green, olive-amber and pure yellow.
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