J. D. Bergen Co. designs, exhibitions, design catalogues and historical information

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j. d. bergen company cut glass bowl


Above, illustration for cut glass bowl, overhead view, by James D. Bergen (design patent no. 23,317; 29 May 1894). For more information, see listing below.


"THE J. D. BERGEN COMPANY— Manufacturers of Popular-Priced Cut Glass. […] has been established here for thirty years and at present gives employment to a force of one hundred and fifty men. They have permanently maintained the lead in their line since their establishment and in the year 1891, became incorporated under the laws of the state. W. H. Bradley, President and Treasurer. The plant comprises a large triangular block and the main building is five stories high; […] They make specialties of the Engraved and Rock Crystal ware, […] They have a branch with a fine display at No. 38 Murray Street, New York and another No. 131 Wabash Ave., Chicago."

— In Meriden Illustrated, (c. 1911), p. 29. (See entry below.)



A. J. D. Bergen Co. (1885-1922) designs in collections (by year) [1]


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1890s

c. 1895 - pitcher

J. D. Bergen Co. (c. 1895). Pitcher. Large, clear, bulbous, cut with beading, fans and prisms, "Genoa". Accession no. 86.006.020. (Viewed 8 June 2016. A00755-09.)

  • Offline - Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ.

c. 1897 - bell

J. D. Bergen Co. (c. 1897). Bell. Cut, "Premier" pattern, 3 hobstars and tri. prism, vesica, step cutting. Accession no. 2004.006.048. (Viewed 8 June 2016. A00755-05.)

  • Offline - Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ.


1900s

c. 1900-15 - electric lamp

Possibly J. D. Bergen Co. (c. 1900-15). Electric lamp. (Accession no. 96.4.157. Viewed 8 June 2016. A00756.)

c. 1903-04 - wine glass

J. D. Bergen Co. (c. 1903-04). Wine glass, no. 935. Rich cut glass. (Cat. no. 2011.237.16. Viewed 3 July 2018. G02165-66).

c. 1904-05 - vase

J. D. Bergen Co. (c. 1904-05). Vase. (Cat. no. 2016.1.171. Viewed 3 July 2018. G02183-84).


1910s

c. 1913 - punch cup

Cut by J. D. Bergen Co. (c. 1913). Punch cup. (Cat. no. 2013.104.11. Viewed 3 July 2018. G02181-82).


n. d.

n. d. - salt shaker

Pitkins & Brooks; J. D. Bergen. (undated). Salt shaker. (Accession no. 68-1221. Viewed 31 August 2020. J00523).


B. J. D. Bergen Co. designs in exhibitions


1880s

1889 - Meriden opera house exhibition

10 October 1889. Exposition at Delavan Opera House, Meriden, on the occasion of the visit of the International American Congress.

> Exhibited J. D. Bergen Co., unspecified cut glassware designs.

  • For documentation, see historical information section below.


1990s

1997 - Museum of American Glass, Milville, NJ

25 January - 4 May 1997. Slivers of light: Rich cut oil lamps at the Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey.

> Exhibited design: J. D. Bergen Co. (cut glass, "Premier" pattern) / Plume and Atwood Mfg. Co. (undated). Boudoir lamp.

  • For documentation, see design catalogues and historical information section below.



See our Design Meriden compilation listing over 1000 exhibitions since 1851, featuring historical design associated with the Meriden area.


C. J. D. Bergen Co. (1885-1922) design catalogues and historical information


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1880s

Various newspapers, magazines and other sources

(c. 1885-). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines. (Updated 17 July 2021. F01543.)

1886 - advertisement

James D. Bergen. (1886). Advertisement: "... (Successor to Bergen & Niland), Glass Cutter and Engraver on Glass. Caster bottles a specialty. Cor. State and Miller Sts., Meriden Britannia Co.’s Building... " [with no illustrations], (p. 300). (Also see possible listings in business directory.) In Meriden directory for 1886; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory, a map.... Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 10 October 2020. F01485; F01497).

1887 - advertisement and directory listings

James D. Bergen. (1887). Advertisement: "James D. Bergen (successor to Bergen & Niland); Manufacturer of every description of Cut Glass... Factories Port Jervis, N.Y., and Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. In Meriden directory for 1887, (p. 321). [Also, product listing on p. 231 (Glass Cutters)]. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 19 May 2020. H01590-92).

1889 - missing booklet accompanying exposition - J. D. Bergen at Meriden opera house

(1889). Meriden Journal Souvenir [leather-bound booklet containing a list of the manufactories contributing to the exhibition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, 10 October 1889, and other companies in Meriden], 4 pp. (Viewed 13 September 2018. L00763; L00765-68).

"J. D. Bergen, cut glass." (Excerpt in full from article above; the company’s designs are reported to be in the exhibition.)


1889 - spotlighted news mention - J. D. Bergen in Meriden opera house exhibition

(10 October 1889). Americans in Meriden: Visit of the International American Congress [with small section describing J. D. Bergen exhibited wares]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 10 September 2018. L00747-59).

"[J. D. Bergen’s] show of cut glassware sparkled prettily in the artificial light. He showed salad bowls, vases, ice cream sets, finger bowls, oil bottles, etc., and articles made of the eclipse colored cut glass. This exhibit showed that it was no wonder the grand prize for cut glass at [the Exposition universelle de 1889, Paris] this year went to an American [company, not Bergen] for the first time at a world’s fair." (Excerpt from "Americans in Meriden" article above.)



1889 - other articles

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1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition

(10 October 1889). Our guests: Honored visitors here to-day [including section describing exhibited J. D. Bergen wares]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 15 September 2018. L00769-83).

1889 - news mention - Meriden opera house exhibition

(11 October 1889). The show photographed: Fine pictures of the Opera House exhibit made. ["The best of them will be forwarded to Frank Leslie’s paper— what the state and New York press has to say about Meriden", with excerpts from Hartford Courant, Hartford Times, New Haven Register, New York Herald, New York Tribune, Waterbury Republican, with no specific mention of J. D. Bergen]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 14 September 2018. L00785-89).

1889 - news mention

(5 November 1889). Largest on record; Commerce of the Port— Foreign Importations to This Port in Bond for the Last Month Beats the Record [with mention: "J. D. Bergen, Meriden, 15 cases glassware from Birmingham."] Journal and Courier, presumably p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 October 2018. B01114).


1890s

1890 - news mention

(2 May 1890). Port of New Haven; Foreign Importations— Entries at the Custom House [with mention: "J. D. Bergen, Meriden, 7 cases glassware from Liverpool per steamship Teutopia." Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 October 2018. B01116-17).


1891 articles

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1891 - news mention

(2 April 1891). At the customs house [with mention: "J. D. Bergen, Meriden, 5 cases glassware from Liverpool, steamship Adriatic."] Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 October 2018. B01118).

1891 - news mention

(29 October 1891). Entries of merchandise [with mention: "Received at the New Haven Custom House... The J. D. Bergen Co., Meriden, six cases glassware from Liverpool... "] New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier, presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 6 June 2020. D01321).



1891 - spotlighted advertisement - J. D. Bergen Co. organized

J. D. Bergen Company. (30 July 1891). Advertisement: "Articles of Association of The J. D. Bergen Company... " The Meriden Daily Journal, presumably p. 8, col. 6. (Viewed 30 December 2020. A02908).


1891 advertisements

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1891 - listing

J. D. Bergen Co. (14 October 1891). Listing: "Cut Glass... Bergin [sic], Jas. D. ... Every description of cut glass... " Meriden Daily Journal, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 22 April 2020. D01260-61).

1891 - directory listing

(19 December 1891). Classified business directory: "... Cut Glass... Bergen, The Co., Jas. D. ... Every description of cut glass". Meriden Daily Journal, p. 13, col. 1. (Viewed 21 November 2020. F01887).



1891 - patent - design for the ornamentation of glassware

James D. Bergen. (22 September 1891; filed 13 August 1891). Design no. 21,050; serial no. 402,563: Design for the ornamentation of glassware. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01674).


1892 articles

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1892 - news mention

(11 May 1892). News brief: Connecticut (mentioning J. D. Bergen). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 29. (Viewed 27 September 2017. G00496.)

"J. D. Bergen, Meriden, who sailed for Europe Wednesday, is on his third business trip to that country [sic]. Besides his Meriden factory he is interested in the cut glass business at Storbridge, England." (Full excerpt from above).


1892 - news mention

(1 June 1892). Connecticut concerns that have applied for space at Chicago [World’s Fair]. [Mention of J. D. Bergen Co.] The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 12. (Viewed 28 August 2018. H00366-67).

1892 - news mention

(8 June 1892). Connecticut (mention of J. D. Bergen Co. "thirteen cases glassware from Wormsley, Eng.") The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 21. (Viewed 29 August 2018. B00237.)



1892 advertisements

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1892 - advertisement

A. A. Mills, Pittsfield, MA. (19 August 1892). Advertisement: "Crockery, etc. ... Just received... novelties in Bergen Cut Glass Ware [presumably J. D. Bergen Co.] ... " [with no illustrations]. The Berkshire Evening Eagle (Pittsfield, MA), p. 1, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 16 July 2021. R00664).

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1892 - advertisement

A. A. Mills, Pittsfield, MA. (19 September 1892). Advertisement: "Just received... Novelties in Bergen Cut Glass Ware [presumably J. D. Bergen Co.] ... " [with no illustrations]. Berkshire Evening Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), p. 4, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 27 December 2021. R00667).

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1892 - patent - design for a bowl

James D. Bergen, assignor to J. D. Bergen Company. (5 July 1892; filed 23 February 1892) Design no. 21,681; serial no. 422,588: Design for a bowl. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01673).

1893 - design catalogue

J. D. Bergen Co. (1893). The J. D. Bergen Co., manufacturers of rich cut glassware: Factories at Meriden, CT, Brooklyn, NY, Port Jervis, NY and Stourbridge, England. Meriden, CT: Journal Pub. Co., 80 pp. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00149.)

1893 - design catalogue reprint

J. D. Bergen Co. (1893). [1893 catalogue reprint]. 80 pp., American Cut Glass Association; Ramona, CA, c. 1999. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00150-51.)

1893 - book - J. D. Bergen Co. not in World’s Columbian Exposition

(1898). Connecticut at the World’s Fair: Report of the commissioners from Connecticut of the Columbian Exhibition of 1893 at Chicago (exhibition dates: 1 May - 30 October 1893). [Listed: J. D. Bergen Co. (intended exhibitor), (p. 138)]. Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company: Hartford, CT. (Viewed 30 September 2020. A01528-31; E01610-11).

1893 - directory listing

(1893). "J. D. Bergen Co." listing. In The New England business directory and gazetteer, [pp. 1415 (Cut Glass Manufacturers); 1809 (Manufacturing Companies)]. (Sampson & Murdock Company: Boston, MA). (Viewed 5 May 2020. H01363; H01365).

1894 - news mention

(21 February 1894). Connecticut (including mention of J. D. Bergen Co. and reduction of duty on cut glass). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 25. (Viewed 5 September 2018. F00289.)

1894 - patent - design for a glass vessel

James D. Bergen, assignor to J. D. Bergen Company. (29 May 1894; filed Design no. 23,316; serial no. 496,985: Design for a glass vessel. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01672).

1894 - patent - design for a glass vessel

James D. Bergen, assignor to J. D. Bergen Company. (29 May 1894; filed 13 April 1894). Design no. 23,317; serial no. 507,470: Design for a glass vessel. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01671).

1895 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft (compiled by). (1895). "The J. D. Bergen Co.", (pp. 44-5). In Art souvenir edition of the Meriden Daily Journal illustrating the city of Meriden, Connecticut in the year 1895 [including two illustrations]. The Journal Publishing Company: Meriden, CT. (Viewed 17 November 2016. A00787-88.)

"The factory located in Miller street... The trade of this concern extends throughout the entire United States, and while Meriden... is their headquarters, they also operate plants in Port Jervis, N.J. and Brooklyn, N.Y." (Excerpt from above.)


1895 - advertisement

Nabers, Morrow & Sinnige, Birmingham, AL. (15 October 1895). Advertisement: "... Out Cut Glass Department. Our buyer while in New York secured the agency of the celebrated Bergen Cut Glass Works [presumably J. D. Bergen Co.], and he will have a beautiful line of these popular goods on exhibition shortly... " Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), p. 3. (Viewed 27 December 2021. R00690).

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1895 - patent - design for a glass vessel

James D. Bergen, assignor to J. D. Bergen Company. (30 July 1895; filed 3 June 1895). Design no. 24,511; serial no. 551,578: Design for a glass vessel. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01670).

1896 - advertisement

M. Seller & Co., presumably Seattle, WA. (20 December 1896). Advertisement: "... The Emporium of Holiday Goods; The only complete stock in the city of beautiful, useful and ornamental goods in this line... Bergen’s Cut Glass... " [with no product illustrations]. Seattle Post-Intelligence (Washington), p. 6, cols. 5-7. (Viewed 27 December 2021. R00708).

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c. 1897 - historical information

Davis, William T. (Ed.) (c. 1897). On "J. D. Bergen", (p. 929). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 9 June 2017. A02626; A02631.)

1898 - advertisement

Empire Tea and Crockery Co., Spokane, WA. (15 January 1898). Advertisement: "Our great stock-taking sale... Rich Bergen cut glass... " [with no illustrations]. The Chronicle (Spokane, Washington), p. 5, cols. . (Viewed 27 December 2021. R00703).

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1899 - design catalogue

J. D. Bergen Co. (1899). The J. D. Bergen Co., manufacturers of rich cut glassware. 21 pp. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00152.)

1899 - news brief

(5 April 1899). News brief: Bergen Cut Glass [including illustration of cut glass bowl]. The Jewelers Review, p 430. (Viewed 17 September 2017. G00452.)


1899 advertisements

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1899 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (5 April 1899). Advertisement: "For June Weddings..." [including illustrations of quart whiskey jug and berry dish]. The Jewelers Review, p 431. (Viewed 17 September 2017. G00452.)

1899 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (12 April 1899). Advertisement: "For June Weddings..." [including illustration of bowl]. The Jewelers Review, p 461. (Viewed 17 September 2017. G00453.)

1899 - advertisement

Boston Store, Chicago, IL. (23 April 1899). Advertisement: "... China, Lamps, Clocks and Silverware... J. D. Bergen [Co.] Rich Cut Glass, consisting of Water Bottles, Decanters, Oil Cruets, Berry Bowls, etc. ... " [with illustration of bowl]. The Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), p. 9, cols. . (Viewed 27 December 2021. R00638).

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1899 - two advertisements

Geo. M. Scott-Strevell Hardware Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. (23 April, 26 April 1899). Advertisement: "We are now the exclusive agents for the J. D. Bergen Compan[y], the largest manufacturer of Cut Glass in the country..." [with illustration of water bottle]. The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah). (Viewed 17 September 2018. B00311-13).


1900s

1900 - news mention

(17 January 1900). Connecticut [news briefs, mentions J. D. Bergen Co.]. Jeweler’s Circular and Horological Review, p. 27. (Viewed 7 May 2018. AAA02967; AAA02075).

1900 - news mention

(April 1900). News mention: "The J. D. Bergen Company, cut glass manufacturers, Meriden, Conn., have opened a branch store in Chicago, Ill." House Furnishing Review, p. 220. (Viewed 3 October 2017. G01072).

1901 - map

(1901). Insurance maps of Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut (pdf p. 22, Map 20, J. D. Bergen on Miller Street near State Street, site. This part of Miller Street was removed in the 1950s to make a larger tract of land, which is currently a park). Sanborn-Perris Map & Publishing Co. 51 leaves. (Viewed 22 November 2016. AAA00497-98.)

1901 - patent - design for a carafe or glass receptacle

James D. Bergen. (29 January 1901; filed 29 December 1900). Design no. 33,987; serial no. 41,539: Design for a carafe or glass receptacle. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01669).

1903 - design catalogue reprint

J. D. Bergen Co. (1903). Brilliant cut glass catalog: J. D. Bergen Co. 1903 "red cover". [Reprint c. 2004, edited by Rob Smith, LABAC, Cycle #7, V-R Information Systems, Leawood, KS. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00153-55.)

1903 - news mention

(June 1903). News mention: "Glass that glitters. The J. D. Bergen Company are makers of cut glass... " [with illustration of bowl]. House Furnishing Review, p. 437. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01166.)

1903 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (June 1903). Advertisement: "Exclusive and Artistic Designs... " [with illustration of bowl]. House Furnishing Review, p. 421. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01165.)

1904 - design catalogue reprint

J. D. Bergen Co. (1904). The J.D. Bergen Co. manufacturers of rich cut glassware. Reprint of 1904 salesman’s catalogue of the F.L. Bosworth Company, 23 & 25 N. Fourth St., Minneapolis, MN. Reprint: American Cut Glass Association, Ramona, CA (c. 2002). (Viewed 15 June 2017. G00007.)

1904-05 - design catalogue reprint

J. D. Bergen Co. (1904-05). [The J. D. Bergen Co., manufacturers of rich cut glassware]. 79 pp., Cembura & Avery: Berkeley, CA, 1973 [Reprint of 1904-05 catalogue]. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00156-61.)

1905-06 - design catalogue

J. D. Bergen Co. (1905-06). Bergen cut glass: 1905-06. 80 pp. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00162.)

1906 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). "J. D. Bergen Co." section including 3 portraits and illustration of building, (pp. 99-101). In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part III). (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.)

"... formerly located on Miller street [and relocated to a five-story brick plant at Center and Britannia streets] ... its products sold throughout the entire United States and in many foreign countries... employs a force of approximately 200 hands at its Meriden plant, maintains offices and show rooms in New York and in Chicago, and resident agents at Boston, Baltimore and all other principals cities of the United States... the Bergen Company maintains traveling representatives in the far West in the United States, and foreign representatives who take in practically all of Asia and Oceanica. There is also a resident agent in the city of Mexico and in Honolulu." (Excerpt from above.)


1906 - newspaper article

(17 January 1906). Bought by Bergen; Cut glass company closes deal for Meriden Bronze shop. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 10 October 1906. AAA00673.)

  • Offline - Meriden Public Library, "Meriden - Industries - Glass" file.
  • Offline - Meriden Public Library, Meriden newspapers on microfiche.


1906 magazine articles

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1906 - news mention

(25 January 1906). News mention: "A new factory is to be built in Meriden, Conn., by the J. D. Bergen Co. The new building will be large enough to accommodate about three hundred operatives." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 35. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01173.)

1906 - news mention

(1 February 1906). News mention: "The J. D. Bergen Co. has purchased the Meriden, Conn., Bronze Co’s factory and will remove its cut glass plant to that building before April 1. The Bergen Co’s present quarters have been bought by the International Silver Co." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 32. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01235.)

1906 - news mention

(29 March 1906). News mention: "Obituary: The death occurred in Meriden, Conn., recently of Thos. O. Bergen, superintendent of the J. D. Bergen Co. cut glass company..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 30. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01176.)

1906 - news mention

(October 1906). Points for buyers [with mention of James D. Bergen]. House Furnishing Review, p. 767. (Viewed 25 September 2020. G01112.)

"The A. J. Hall Company, of Meriden, Conn., has filed a certificate of incorporation. The concern has a capital stock of 15,000 and it will take over the business carried on by A. J. Hall & Co., manufacturers of fancy and decorated glass, china, pottery ware and metal goods. The incorporators are Arthur J. Hall, James D. Bergen, Luman H. Howe and Isaac S. Gilette, all of Meriden." (Excerpt from above.)




1906-07 - design catalogue reprint

J. D. Bergen Co. (1906-07). [Bergen cut glass: 1906-07]. 80 pp. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00163.)

1907 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (10 December 1907). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 1. (Viewed 29 June 2020. F01272).

1907-08 - design catalogue reprint

J. D. Bergen Co. (1907-08). “J. D. Bergen Co. Bergen cut glass, 1907-8”. In Brilliant cut glass catalogs: Fry, Bergen, Maple City, United States Glass, Bawo & Dotter, Bowman, Otto Young, Marshall Wells. Edited by Rob Smith. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00164-65.)

1908 - news mention

(8 April 1908). Connecticut [with mention of J. D. Bergen Co.]. Jeweler’s Circular and Horological Review, p. 65b. (Viewed 8 October 2020.

"The Aetna Cut Glass Co. has secured spacious quarters in the building owned by the Lewis estate, Meriden, and partnership papers are being drawn for the concern. J. W. Murray, formerly superintendent of the J. D. Bergen Co., is manager and designer for the new firm." (Excerpt from above.)



1908 advertisements

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1908 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (2 April 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 30 June 2020. F01294).

1908 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (11 June 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 22 October 2020. F01626).

1908 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (4 July 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 16 January 2021. R00014).

1908 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (13 August 1908). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 10 November 2020. F01866).

1908 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (8 September 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 23 September 2020. E01457).

1908 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (15 December 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 23 September 2020. E01458).



1909 advertisements

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1909 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (6 April 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 30 October 2020. F01709).

1909 - four advertisements

J. D. Bergen Co. (July 1909). Advertisements: "... ’First Quality Goods at Reasonable Prices’... New York - 38 Murray Street; Chicago - 131 Wabash Avenue; San Francisco - 709 Jewelers Bldg..." The Jewelers’ Circular. (Viewed 28 September 2017. G00759-62.)

1909 - four advertisements

J. D. Bergen Co. (August 1909). Advertisements: "The Bergen Cut Glass Co. manufacturers rich American cut glass". Mentions 1909 catalogue. "New York Salesroom - 38 Murray Street; Chicago - 131 Wabash Avenue; San Francisco - 709 Jewelers Bldg." "Peleus", no. 805 soap box illustrated. The Jewelers’ Circular. (Viewed 3 July 2017. A02740; A02756; A02758; A02760.)

1909 - two advertisements

J. D. Bergen Co. (September 1909). Advertisements: "... Rich American cut glass..." The Jewelers’ Circular, p. 128. (Viewed 28 September 2017. G00763; G00766.)

1909 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (1 September 1909). Advertisement: "The Bergen Cut Glass Co. manufacturers rich American cut glass" ("Peleus", no. 805 soap box illustrated). The Jewelers’ Circular, p. 130. (Viewed 28 September 2017. G00476.)

1909 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (7 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 31 January 2021. R00931).

1909 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (23 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of High Grade Cut Glass... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 31 January 2021. F01628).

1909 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (8 December 1909). Advertisement: "Rich American cut glass; We lead, others follow... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 3, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 17 July 2021. R01541).

1909 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (14 December 1909). Advertisement: "Rich American cut glass... brilliant hand-cut glass... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 3, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 29 June 2021. R01375).



1909 - design catalogue (missing)

J. D. Bergen Co. (1909). [catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. No copy known to be in a public library. Updated 23 September 2020. A02740.)

1909 - article mention

(30 March 1909). Buys glass co.; J. J. Niland purchases W. T. Bergen business; To be moved here; Meriden concern will be enlarged by deal [with mention of J. D. Bergen]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1, col. 5. (Viewed 30 December 2020. D01696).

"... The W. T. Bergen company was started in New Bedford by W. Tracy Bergen, son of J. D. Bergen, the cut glass pioneer of this city, his father being associated with him and they recently moved to New Haven... Then the Meriden offer came... the machinery and tools would be brought here and manufacture of the Bergen lines together with the Niland goods... " (Excerpt from above.)


1910s

c. 1911 - historical information

(c. 1911). "J. D. Bergen Co." profile and illustration, (p. 29). In Meriden Illustrated. William S. Kline & Company: Kinderhook, NY. (Viewed 12 June 2016. A00781.)


1913 magazine articles

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1913 - news mention

(3 July 1913). News mention: "W. H. Pooley, secretary of the J. D. Bergen Co., Meriden, Conn., was in town for a few days this week visiting Richard Kohn, the New York representative, and calling at some of the New York stores." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 16. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01182.)

1913 - news mention

(24 July 1913). News mention: "Electroliers of cut glass with silver trimmings are the latest lighting devices of the J. D. Bergen Co. [Agent] Richard Kohn [in New York] shows quite a variety of this specialty, and buyers are placing good orders." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 13. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01187.)

1913 - news mention

(9 October 1913). News mention: "Richard Kohn shows cut glass electroliers and lighting devices from the J. D. Bergen Co. that are alone in their class. The showers with silver mountings and other novel lighting devices should be seen by every buyer of illuminants" (and illustration of chandelier). Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 13, 14. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01208.)

1913 - news mention

(27 November 1913). News mention: "A novelty in a whiskey set recently put on display by the J. D. Bergen Co. ..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 13. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01224.)



1913 advertisements

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1913 - advertisement

J. D. Bergen Co. (23 January 1913). Advertisement: "N. Y. Salesroon: 32 Park Place; Chicago: Silversmith Bldg., 10 S. Wabash Ave.; J. D. Bergen Co., Manufacturer of Rich Cut Glass, Main Office and Factory, Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 34. (Viewed 27 June 2019. E00886-87).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

1913 - business listing

J. D. Bergen Co. (3 July 1913). Listing: "J. D. Bergen Co., Rich Cut Glass and Silver Deposit Ware, 32 Park Place, (New York)". Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 27. (Viewed 17 September 2017. G00286.)

1913 - five business listings

J. D. Bergen Co. (7 August 1913; 4 September 1913; 2 October 1913; 6 November 1913; 4 December 1913). Listings: "J. D. Bergen Co., Rich Cut Glass and Silver Deposit Ware, 50 Park Place, (New York)". Crockery & Glass Journal. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01198-99; G01206; G01219; G01227.)



1914 - design catalogue

J. D. Bergen Co. (1914). [Catalogue No. 51], 80 looseleaf pp. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00166.)

1914 - design catalogue reprint

J. D. Bergen Co. (1914). “J. D. Bergen Co. Rich cut glass, catalogue no. 51”. 80 looseleaf pp. In Brilliant cut glass catalogs: Blackmer, Bergen and Blackmer, edited by Rob Smith”. Leawood, KS: V-R Information Systems, c. 2003. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00167-68.)

1914 - article

(7 March 1914). Changes made at Bergen Co. Meriden Daily Journal (Connecticut), p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 11 July 2019. F01177-78).

1916 - advertisement

Ratcliff, The Jeweler, Richmond, IN. (9 October 1916). Advertisement: "Cut glass specials; recent purchases of the well known lines of J. D. Bergen..." [no illustrations]. Richmond Palladium (Richmond, Indiana), p. 8, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 17 September 2018. B00314).


1917 articles

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1917 - news brief

Meriden, CT, 13 July. (14 July 1917). Charged with theft of books and papers; two Massachusetts men taken into custody in Meriden ("[the men] were arrested in the office of the J. D. Bergen Cut Glass factory this evening... the alleged theft is a part of the bankruptcy proceedings against Walter H. Bradley of this city... ") Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 14 June 2020. D01437).

1917 - news brief

Hartford, Conn., 14 July. (15 July 1917). Police think prisoner is Boston millionaire; John F. Towle arrested for theft of papers in bankruptcy case ["were charged in the Meriden police court to-day with the theft of books and papers from the office of the J. D. Bergen Company cut glass works... "] New York Tribune, p. 8, col. 2. (Viewed 15 June 2020. D01454).

1917 - news brief

(1 September 1917). Books stolen represented thousands of dollars [with mention of. J. D. Bergen & Co.]. Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 17 October 2018. B01115).



1918 - company listing

(1918). Manufacturers and their products... Meriden... "Bergen, J. D. Co. ... Cut glass ... " In State of Connecticut Public Document No. 33; Sixth Biennial Report of the Factory Inspection Department to the Governor for the Two Years ending September 30, 1918, (p. 64). State of Connecticut: Hartford. (Viewed 1 October 2020. E01622-27).


1930s

1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). Meriden’s history day by day for 50 years [with mention: "1891; July 30— J. D. Bergen Co. organized" The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 26 November 2020. F01936).


1950s

1950 - book mention

Daniel, Dorothy. (1950). J. D. Bergen Co. mentions, [pp. 257-59, 272, 279, 290, 324, 384, 401, possibly with photo(s)]. In Cut and engraved glass, 1771-1905: The collectors’ guide to American wares. Barrows. (Unconfirmed. Viewed 8 August 2020. AAA0613; L01960).


1960s

1962 - article mention

Revi, Albert Christian. (May 1962). American cut glass patterns [with mention of J. D. Bergen Company]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 16-7. (Viewed 22 July 2021. R01584).

1963 - article mention

Callahan Nolan, Mollie. (15 August 1963). Skilled workmen from many lands made Meriden center of glass cutting industry at turn of century. The Morning Record, (p. 12 & 23). [Mentions J. D. Bergen Co.; Meriden Cut Glass Co. / Meriden Silver Plate Co.; Meriden Flint Glass Co.; C. F. Monroe; J. J. Niland Co.; Silver City Cut Glass Co.] (Viewed 2 August 2017. AAA00614. DM.)

  • Offline - Meriden Public Library, "Meriden - Industries - Glass" file.
  • Offline - Meriden Public Library, Meriden newspapers on microfiche.

1965 - book mention

Revi, Albert Christian. (1965). J. D. Bergen Co. mentions, (pp. 9, 84+, 467). In American cut and engraved glass. Nelson. (Unconfirmed. Viewed 8 August 2020. AAA0613; L01962).

1967 - unpublished document

Callahan Nolan, Mollie. (October 1967). Early glass craftsmen in Meriden. Unpublished document: summaries of company activities including "J. D. Bergen & Co." 4 pp. (Viewed 10 August 2017. AAA00632.)

  • Offline - Meriden Public Library, "Meriden - Industries - Glass" file.


1990s

1997 - exhibition brochure - J. D. Bergen Co. at Museum of American Glass

LeCleire Taylor, Gay. (1997). Slivers of light: Rich cut oil lamps (exhibition catalogue). Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ. 12 pp. [Including: J. D. Bergen Co. (cut glass, "Premier" pattern) / Plume and Atwood Mfg. Co. (undated). Boudoir lamp.] (Updated 18 November 2018. A00757-58; A02454).


2000s

2002 - encyclopedia entry

Shotwell, David J. (2002). Entry: "Bergen, J. D., Company (1880-1916)." In Glass A to Z, pp. 37-8. Krause Publications: Iola, Wisconsin. (Viewed 17 July 2021. F01430; R01542-).

2002 - news mention

Kovel, Ralph and Terry. (8 June 2002). Value of cut glass is clear to collectors [with photo of J. D. Bergen Co. punch bowl]. The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), p. 12E. (Viewed 18 January 2019. C007062-64).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

2014 - newsletter article

Mitchell, Bruce. (June 2014). The Meriden glass industry: A brief history [including mention of Bergen & Niland (and related firms)]. Museum of Connecticut Glass website. (Viewed 3 May 2020. H01231).


2010s

2012 - secondary source

Tobin, Diane. (2012). On "Bergen". In Appendix: Biographies section in The Meriden Flint Glass Company: An abundance of glass. Charleston, SC: The History Press. (Viewed 24 May 2016. A00696.)


n. d.

n. d. - secondary source

J. D. Bergen Co. (undated). [J. D. Bergen historical memorandum]. In Cut glass catalogs: Libbey, Huntley, Loftis, Reim, Burley & Co, et al. 550 pp.; V-R Information Systems, c. 2005: Leawood, KS. (Viewed 27 March 2016. A00169.)



Click the following link to see designs and documentation for other historical companies from the Meriden area, and those that were connected to the International Silver Company; go to the historical Meriden design overview page and scroll down to section D: "ISC, predecessors & divisions" and E: "Other featured companies".


Footnote:
[1] This dating "1885-1922" comes from Tobin, Diane. (2012). The Meriden Flint Glass Company: An abundance of glass. (See appendix: Meriden Glass Companies). Charleston, SC: The History Press. Viewed 24 May 2016. [A00696]