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Where is the Mount Washington Glass company located?

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Where is the Mount Washington Glass company located?
The Mount Washington Glass company is located in Bedford, Massachusetts. The glass vase maker was founded in 1837 in South Boston and moved to its current location in 1870. Shop a collection of authentic Mount Washington Glass pieces from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Red Cut-To-Clear Glass Vase By Pairpoint
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in New Orleans, LA
This remarkably exquisite cut glass vase was crafted by one of the oldest glassworks firms in the United States, Pairpoint. The elaborate cut-to-clear decoration is brilliantly cut from a striking bright red to clear in a meticulous geometric pattern. Established in 1880 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company originally produced coffin fittings and metalwork. In 1894, Pairpoint merged with Mt. Washington Glassworks, resulting in an astounding creative output that included fantastic cut glass objet and lamp and lamp accessories, including both cut glass and the well-known Pairpoint blown glass lamps. Today, Pairpoint cut glass...
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20th Century American Vases

Materials

Cut Glass

Pairpoint Cobalt Blue Engraved Floral Center Bowl Controlled Bubble Pedestal
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pairpoint Cobalt Blue Wheel-Engraved Floral Art Glass Center Bowl with Controlled Bubble Pedestal, New Bedford, circa 1915–1930 A striking example of early 20th-century American art...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Decorative Bowls

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Blown Glass

12 Pairpoint Very Tall Water Goblets, Wickham Pattern
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1930s, by Pairpoint, American. These sublime extra-tall crystal water goblets set a spectacular table! Their dramatic silhouette, long elegant stem, and intricately-cut design ...
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Vintage 1930s American Crystal Serveware

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Crystal

Matched Pair of Pairpoint Glass Art Deco Ardsley Pattern Footed Vases
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of pairpoint footed vases. In the Ardsley pattern with a "rock crystal" etched design throughout. Designed and manufactured in the 1920s or 30s by Pairpoint. Si...
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Antique Early 19th Century American Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Pairpoint Reverse Painted Floral Table Lamp USA Signed
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Toledo, OH
Pairpoint reverse painted eight panel table lamp. Two sockets with acorn pulls on silver plated engraved foliage base. 16" shade decorated with floral desi...
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20th Century North American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905 Rare oil lamp, USA, c. 1905. obverse-painted glass, patinated metal Measures: 33½ height × 10 diameter in (85 × 25 cm) Provenance: Collection of Edward and Sheila Malakoff Literature: Pairpoint Lamps, Malakoff, pg. 114. This piece is given the" rarity rating" of 1; the rarest of Pairpoint production. Purchase includes a copy of Malakoff text. Pairpoint Glass Company is an American glass manufacturer based in Sagamore, Massachusetts. It is currently the oldest operating glass company in the United States. The company was founded by Deming Jarves in 1837 in South Boston, Massachusetts, as the Mount Washington Glass Works. In 1870, Mount Washington relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts. In the 1880s, the company primarily produced art glass. In 1885, it introduced Burmese art glass, a translucent, heat reactive glass that shades from yellow at the bottom to pink at the top. The company became known for this type of glass, obtaining a British patent for it in 1886, and presenting a number of Burmese pieces to Queen Victoria. In 1880, British silver designer Thomas Pairpoint (1838-1902) resigned his position as head designer at the Meriden Brittania Company and founded the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

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