Reproduction of the Month
All items featured on this page are reproductions of various designs made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company during their early years of production c. 1825-1840 using a glass press. In this process, molten glass is placed in a mold, and on pulling a lever a plunger forced the glass to the edges of the mold, rapidly producing nearly identical glassware in a fraction of the time required to produce similar items using traditional glassblowing techniques. Hand presses existed for small items such as chandelier lusters, and a furniture knob glass press was patented in 1825. Despite a glass pressing patent being awarded to Deming Jarves on December 1st, 1828, the designs produced at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company were widely copied by competitors.
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January
Sauce dishes were used for individual servings of Victorian sauces, such as rhubarb and other fruit based compotes and chutneys.
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February
Learn MoreThe Heart Diamond Cup Plate has a stylized heart and diamond border with a pin-wheel design in the center.
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March
Learn MoreDiamond Quilted Sunburst Cup and Pitcher feature a central design consisting of alternating sunburst and a diamond quilted design with vertical ribbing.
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April
Learn MoreThe Sloop Polly Cup Plate features The Polly, the 35-ton sloop that carried most of the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. freight during the factory's early years.
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May
Learn MoreThis hexagonal base dolphin is a reproduction of the dolphin candlestick design made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company or the Cape Cod Glass Company, both of Sandwich, c. 1855-1870.
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June
Learn MoreThe Oak Leaf and Acorn motif on this Cup Plate was very popular with glassmakers in the 1800s. The Boston & Sandwich Glass Company even named one of its freight vessels,The Acorn, after this motif.
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July
Learn MoreCelery vases were popular from the 1830s to the early 1900s. Celery was a luxury food and a status symbol worthy of dramatic table presentation in the Victorian era.
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August
Learn MoreThe Steamer Acorn Cup Plate features the steamship Acorn, which carried the B&SG company freight in the mid to late 1850s.
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September
Learn MoreRibbed Cruet and Pitcher are reproductions of the Ribbed design made by the B&SG Company c. 1825-1840. Simple vertical ribs enhance the beauty of this elegant piece.
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October
Learn MoreBeach Walk Sandwich Cup Plate features the board walk constructed in 1875 by the Town of Sandwich, linking the glass factory area across the salt march with its winding creek to the beach on Cape Cod Bay.
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November
Learn MoreThe Compote Square Base. Blown or pressed glass compotes provided a culinary presentation method suitable to 19th-century middle-class households.
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December
Learn MoreThe Leaf and Scroll Cup Plate features four oak leaves arranged around a central floral emblem, with ornate scrollwork around the rim.
McDermott Studios
All our reproduction glassware is made by David McDermott here in Sandwich at McDermott Studio, using a glass press very much like the ones used in the 1800s by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company.