Deming Jarves

Deming Jarves (1790–1869) was a 19th-century American glass manufacturer in Massachusetts. He co-founded the New England Glass Company and founded the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, renowned for its pressed glass, and the Mount Washington Glass Company.

Illustration from Jarves's 1854 publication Reminiscences of Glass-Making

Brief biography

Jarves was born in 1790 in Boston, Massachusetts to a "prosperous cabinetmaker."[1] He worked for the New England Glass Company between 1818 and 1825.[2] He conducted business from offices in Boston, and the company's factory was located in East Cambridge.[3]

In 1825, Jarves began the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company with its factory in Sandwich, Massachusetts,[4][5] specializing in blown glassware, mold-blown glass, and machine-pressed glass.[6][7] He built the company into what one writer calls "the most important manufacturer of pressed glass in 19th-century America";[8] he stayed with it until 1858, and it continued until 1888.

Jarves founded the Mt. Washington Glass Works in South Boston under the management of Captain Luther Russell. His children included John (d.1863), James, and Deming Jarves.[9]

Selected writing

References
  1. Kathleen Luhrs. American glass at Corning. The Magazine Antiques, 1 Apr 2008. Vol.173,Iss.4;p.30(1)
  2. Gordon Campbell, ed. Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts. Oxford University Press US, 2006.
  3. Bruce E. Johnson. Sandwich glass. Country Living 19, no.5, May 1996.
  4. Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts. 2006.
  5. Rambles in New England. New York Daily Times, Jul 9, 1852. p.1.
  6. http://www.sandwichglassmuseum.org/about_us/history
  7. 1825: Business and industry; science; education; philosophy and religion. Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates (Edition 9, 1993); p.173.
  8. Bruce E. Johnson. Sandwich glass. Country Living 19, no.5, May 1996.
  9. Boston Daily Globe, Jul 28, 1925. p.A24.
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