Miscellaneous Blown Glass and Glassmaking Examples

Object/Artifact

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Town of Sand Lake, New York

Miscellaneous Blown Glass and Glassmaking Examples: Specifically, the miscellaneous items include from back to front and left to right: - Three jars of glassmaking sand and slag, including one which is labeled, "Silca sand from the Cheshire and Berkshire sand beds. Donated by Judy Rowe." - A blown glass vase, pressed glass dish, two blown glass marbles, and a toy or souvenir glass doll. - Three blown glass balls, a toy blown glass pitcher, and the Dr. W. Evans bottle. Town Historian Judy Rowe suggested that the Glass balls were used for knitting during her "Glass Lake Industry" program presentation. Judy also suggests that the marbles, tiny pitcher, and other blown glass items may have been "whimsical" creations that glassmakers typically made for fun toward the end of their production shifts. Refer to the DVDs of program presentations entry in this folder for additional information. - A pulled glass chain.
Miscellaneous Blown Glass and Glassmaking Examples

Specifically, the miscellaneous items include from back to front and left to right: - Three jars of glassmaking sand and slag, including one which is labeled, "Silca sand from the Cheshire and Berkshire sand beds. Donated by Judy Rowe." - A blown glass vase, pressed glass dish, two blown glass marbles, and a toy or souvenir glass doll. - Three blown glass balls, a toy blown glass pitcher, and the Dr. W. Evans bottle. Town Historian Judy Rowe suggested that the Glass balls were used for knitting during her "Glass Lake Industry" program presentation. Judy also suggests that the marbles, tiny pitcher, and other blown glass items may have been "whimsical" creations that glassmakers typically made for fun toward the end of their production shifts. Refer to the DVDs of program presentations entry in this folder for additional information. - A pulled glass chain.

Name/Title

Miscellaneous Blown Glass and Glassmaking Examples

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.131

Description

Miscellaneous examples of blown, pulled, or manufactured glass and glassmaking materials and residue that were likely used to help support SLHS glassmaking program presentations, particularly by Judy Rowe, and displays over the years. While some of the items may be quite old and possibly produced at the Glass Lake Factory, none of the items can be directly tied to the Glass Lake Factory. Unfortunately, Judy Rowe passed away several years ago. Thus, we cannot ask her. However, Judy does mention visiting antique stores and yard sales throughout the area seeking items that were likely produced in local glass factories during her recorded and transcripted program presentations, which increases the likelihood that at least some of the items were locally produced. All of the items in this entry have been carefully wrapped in newspaper and plastic, marked, and stored in a cardboard box located in SLHS File Cabinet 5 - Drawer 3.

Cataloged By

Michael Frederick Perry

Acquisition

Accession

2021.3

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

SLHS FC5-D3

Date

March 3, 2022

Created By

curator@slhstrustees.org

Create Date

March 3, 2022

Updated By

curator@slhstrustees.org

Update Date

March 16, 2022