The young lady glass blower very unusual as most glass blowers are men, made a cup during the demo. She used a solid rod as well as a hollow rod while making it. The hallow rod she blew through to enlarge the hot glass. We also saw many different rooms with exhibits of glass both free blown and blown mold as well as pressed glass. The Boston & Sandwich Glass Co started at Sandwich in 1826. They continued operation for 62 years. I believe they were the ones that pioneered pressed glass. This sped up the production so that glass became more affordable for the less affluent population. After lunch we went to the Pairpoint Glass works were we were able to watch glass blowers in a factory type setting
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Dad do you think you could blow glass?
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