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Mt. Washington Glass Works The seaport city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, once famous as a whaling center and featured as the home port in Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick, also hosted a thriving glass industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Foremost among its glass factories was the Mt. Washington Glass Works, originally founded in 1837 in South Boston (in the vicinity of a small hill known as “Mt. Washington.”) It relocated [...] Click here to continue reading. Nippon Porcelain The “Nippon” in “Nippon porcelain,” refers to an era – 1891 to 1921 – and a place – Japan. Nippon was not a specific line of ceramics, a particular factory or even a style or type of porcelain. It was rather a highly diverse, inexpensive, export-only family of porcelain objects that catered to the tastes of American and European consumers. Its 31 years overlapped the Victorian, Art Nouveau and Art Deco eras. [...] Click here to continue reading. Paris Porcelain American homes, where the family’s roots took hold over 150 years ago, are likely to have some pieces of Paris porcelain prominently displayed or tucked away in a closet. Often referred to as “Old Paris” or with the French “Vieux Paris”, it was brought here by French immigrants, or imported in huge amounts by U.S. fancy goods merchants in the 19th century. But the history of Paris porcelain is not simply a [...] Click here to continue reading. The Classical Period, 1800 to 1840 Some may find the Classical Period of American furniture to be somewhat confusing as it overlaps that of the Federal Period. This confusion may be particularly acute among dealers and collectors of country American furniture, for while we do see many pieces of fine Federal furniture, we less frequently see examples of Classical furniture and, when we do, there is seldom anything country in its form or finish. [...] Click here to continue reading. Stanhopes The Stanhope viewer combines a miniature microphotographic lens and photograph hidden in a mid-nineteenth century novelty item. The Stanhope takes its name from the inventor of its lens, Charles the 3rd Earl of Stanhope (1753 to 1816). He first developed a basic handheld viewer with two lens of unequal curvature. The design would later be modified to use one curved magnifying lens and one flat lens, although Stanhope himself died long before this [...] Click here to continue reading. Shaker Crafts Shaker crafts were the product of the United Society of Believers – the Shakers – who lived in twenty “communities” throughout the northeast and mid-west. Shakers were active from about 1790 to 1900, with most of their crafts produced in the 1820 to 1870 period. Shaker wares are characterized by simple, plain design. They feature severe lines, minimal ornamentation and very high craftsmanship. The Shakers believed that outward appearances should reflect the [...] Click here to continue reading. Georgian Furniture Georgian furniture refers to the evolution of styles popular during the reigns of the Hanoverian monarchs George I, II and III in 18th-century England. The period was one of remarkable prosperity and stability, and the decorative arts reflect this settled time. Thomas Chippendale, Robert Adam, Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite are all 18th-century British designers whose pattern books became popular not only in England, but around the world, most notably in the [...] Click here to continue reading. Cast Iron Sugar Kettles The cast iron sugar kettle is not the familiar tea kettle shape with a lid, spout and carrying handle. Instead it is generally bowl-shaped, often with a projecting lip, made in a variety of dimensions from about three feet to the largest, seven or eight feet across. Although kettles were cast locally in the south, many were shipped from the more industrialized centers in the eastern and midwestern states in [...] Click here to continue reading. Mote Spoons The mote spoon, invented sometime in the 17th century, was an ingenious device for its time, and an aid to the drinking of tea. With a long tapering handle fitted with a pierced or solid bowl at one end, and a pointed or barbed tip on the other, it could skim the loose tea leaves from the beverage’s surface by means of the bowl and remove the loose tea leaves or motes [...] Click here to continue reading. The Girard Model Works Joy Line train sets were made by the Girard Model Works of Girard, Pennsylvania in association with Louis Marx, circa 1927 to 1936. Girard began with O-gauge pressed steel clockwork locomotives and expanded their line in 1930 to include electric engines. Rolling stock consisted of simple tinplate tenders, freight and passenger cars with Joy Line Coach and Observation cars being introduced in 1931. |
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