Inkipedia
Hand Blown Domed Form Inkwell
| Categories | Glass - Non-figural |
| Material | Glass |
| Markings | Unmarked |
| Manufacturer | Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. |
| Origin | United States |
| Date or Era | circa 1850 |
| Measuring | 3” diameter; 2 ¼” high |
Two examples shown – hand blown, cylindrical, domed form clear glass with swirls (red or blue with white) inkwell with a pewter cover over a rough sheared mouth. It has a polished, pontiled base, and was made by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Works of Sandwich, Massachusetts between 1840 – 1860.
The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company was incorporated in 1826 to hold the glass factory built a year earlier in Sandwich, Massachusetts, by Deming Jarves. The factory was one of the earliest to produce pressed glass. The company was closed in 1888 amid disputes with a newly formed glassmakers’ labor union.
Sold for $546 in September 2024
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