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| Posted by: Vicki Lerch |
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A new exhibit has been placed in the Visitor Center exhibt hall. A collection of glass oil lamps from the first half of the 19th century, donated by Jane Iglehart, is now on display. Usually refered to by collectors as "Sandwich"glass, these flint glass blown and pressed lamps were produced in New England by both the New England Glass Company in Cambridge and the Boston and Sandwich Glass Factory betwen 1817 and 1888. The invention of a glass pressing machine in 1825 greatly enhanced the numbers and kinds of designs that could be produced. Over time these designs also adapted to changes in the fuels available until Kerosene became the most common fuel used after 1859.
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