Sandwich MA
Really cool glass art
Glass blowing demonstration using the techniques of the early 1800s.
One of the early Jarves glass presses
The original Sandwich Glass Manufactory
A miniature model of the factory
Deming Jarves invented the glass press
| This article was in an 1875 issue of the Crockery Journal (later the Glass & Crockery Journal): "PRESSED GLASS "The first pressed tumbler ever made is in the possession of Col. J. A. Dobson of Baltimore. It was made by Denning [sic] Jarvis, Sr., 1827, at Sandwich, Mass. So great was the indignation of the glass blowers at the time against Mr. Jarvis' "new invention" that his life was threatened, and he was obliged to seclude himself for more than two months, and it was nearly one year before he dare venture out after nightfall. We understand that the Colonel will have this celebrated tumbler on exhibition at the Centennial in 1876." It is believed to have been dropped and broken while on exhibition at the Centennial |
A design for a tumbler mold
Some of the glass on exhibit, both blown and pressed
Cup Plates
This was in the ladies restroom
Archeological finds from the area.
The museum is not on the site of the original manufactory (I like that word), so we had to go find it at the corner of Jarves and Factory Streets.
Sandy Neck Beach and Dunes.
The Piping Plover is an endangered species and is protected here.
The marshes before the dunes.
The dunes with new seedlings planted to help stop erosion.
A power plant in the distance.
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