Reproduction of the Month

Sauce dishes were used for individual servings of Victorian sauces, such as rhubarb and other fruit based compotes and chutneys.

The Heart Diamond Cup Plate has a stylized heart and diamond border with a pin-wheel design in the center.

Diamond Quilted Sunburst Cup and Pitcher feature a central design consisting of alternating sunburst and a diamond quilted design with vertical ribbing.

The 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.

This 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.

The 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.

Celery 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.

The Steamer Acorn Cup Plate features the steamship Acorn, which carried the B&SG company freight in the mid to late 1850s. 

Ribbed 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.

Beach 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.

The Compote Square Base. Blown or pressed glass compotes provided a culinary presentation method suitable to 19th-century middle-class households.

The Leaf and Scroll Cup Plate features four oak leaves arranged around a central floral emblem, with ornate scrollwork around the rim.