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Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1379 Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.© 2014 The Connectic ...
The New Bremen Glass Manufactury
Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1379 Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.© 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

The New Bremen Glass Manufactury

American, 1785 - 1795
BiographyJohann Friedrich Amelung (1741-1798) was born in Hettlingen, Germany. He anglicized his name to John Frederick Amelung when he immigrated to the United States. Amelung became the foremost producer of American glass in the eighteenth century. He operated the New Bremen Glass Manufactury in New Bremen, Maryland (near present-day Frederick, Maryland), from 1785-1795.
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