We drove from Middleboro to Cape Cod to explore a bit of that famous territory. Cape Cod is home to lots of famous communities (Sandwich, Woods Hole, Hyannis Port, Provincetown,etc.) as well as several ferries that provide access to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
We spent some time at the Sandwich Glass Museum: fascinating. Sandwich was home of several large glass making factories. It is also where glass making went from a highly specialized skill that took a minimum of seven years as an intern/assistant to develop to a mass production business.
Using a “Glass Press”, anyone who could ‘dip glass’ could place the molten glass under the press and, with the pull of a lever, turn that molten glass into almost any type of decorated item: cups, saucers, plates, bowls. You name it and an unskilled worker could produce it with the glass press and the appropriate molds. Truly revolutionized the glass business.
The Sandwich Glass Museum has a demonstration of traditional glass blowing as well as a demonstration of the glass press. Plus lots & lots of colorful glass displays. And you know I can’t resist taking pictures of collections of colorful items.
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