Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

Chapter 27: “PETALLED AND LOOPED” PATTERN CLEAR WHITE SANDWICH GLASS PERIOD 1830

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A practical handbook for collectors that surveys the development, production, and varieties of early American pressed flint glass made in New England factories. It combines a history of local glassmakers and works with technical explanations of materials, molds, pressing methods, and the distinctions between early hand-blown and later pressed commercial wares. The author catalogs representative forms such as cup plates, salts, candlesticks, lamps, and flatware, describes colors, molds, and identifying marks, and cautions against later mass-produced imitations. Numbered illustrations and a collector’s data section support identification and recordkeeping for the serious student of early American glass.

“PETALLED AND LOOPED” PATTERN CLEAR WHITE SANDWICH GLASS PERIOD 1830

The author has a collection of nearly thirty pieces in this design, many of the pieces being pontil marked. This pattern matched the candle sticks of type 1.

Some few pieces have been found in this pattern in vaselene yellow and purple. The secret of yellow glass was conveyed to the Sandwich factory by a workman from Bristol, England. The process was too costly to admit of the manufacture of many pieces in this color. Some lovely scent bottles were made, lamps, vases and candle sticks and the author has a pair of rare salts on standards. We refer of course to the earlier pieces as Victorian yellow glass is found in abundance.