The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company was incorporated in 1826 to hold the glass factory built a year earlier in
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Sandwich is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, and is the oldest town on Cape Cod. The town motto is ''Post tot Naufracia Portus'', "after so many shipwrecks, a haven". The population was 20,259 at the 2020 census.
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Deming Jarves
Deming Jarves (1790–1869) was a 19th-century American glass manufacturer in Massachusetts. He co-founded the New England Glass Company and founded the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, renowned for its pressed glass, and the Mount Washing ...
. The factory was closed in 1888 amid disputes with a newly formed glassmakers' labor union.
The factory was one of the earliest to produce
pressed glass
Pressed glass (or pattern glass) is a form of
Nicholas Lutz
Nicholas J. Lutz (21 February 1835 St. Louis-lès-Bitche, France - 31 March 1906 Somerville, Massachusetts) was a French glassmaker who received his training at the ''Cristalleries de St. Louis'', and later emigrated to the United States where he ...
Collectors Weekly
Collectors Weekly is an online resource for people interested in antiques, collectibles, and vintage items. The site pairs live auctions with original content, which ranges from encyclopedic essays to multi-sourced articles that aim to illuminate ...
, retrieved May 10, 2013. The
Sandwich Glass Museum
Sandwich Glass Museum is a glass museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts, featuring a wide range of rare glass, including glass from the local Boston & Sandwich Glass Factory which was founded in Sandwich by Deming Jarves
Deming Jarves (1790–186 ...