Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
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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 closed in 1888 amid disputes with the newly formed glassmaker's labor union.
The company was an employer of Nicholas Lutz
.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Sandwich is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,675 at the 2010 census. The Town Hall is located right next to the Dexter Grist Mill, in the historic district of town....
, by Deming Jarves
Deming Jarves
Deming Jarves was a 19th-century glass manufacturer in Massachusetts. He founded the New England Glass Company and the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, renowned for its pressed glass.-Brief biography:...
. The factory was closed in 1888 amid disputes with the newly formed glassmaker's labor union.
The company was an employer of Nicholas Lutz
Nicholas Lutz
Nicholas J. Lutz was a French glassmaker who received his training at the Cristalleries de St. Louis, and later emigrated to the United States where he settled in White Mills in Pennsylvania, later working at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company. -References:...
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