Bank, Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, 1833–50


Bank, 1833–50, Made in Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States, American, Blown glass with applied decoration, H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Glass, Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (American, 1825–1888, Sandwich, Massachusetts), The hollow knop below the bird finial on this bank contains a five-cent American silver piece dated 1833. A ten-cent coin of the same date lies in the hollow stem. As is typical of glass of eastern Massachusetts origin, the form and style of decoration suggest an English antecedent


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