Cable Spoon Holder by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company 1860s Color:Blue -4-1984" across the bottom

-4-1984" across the bottom

and "Clinton

Reminiscent of the "Ruby Glass" pieces created by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company back in the mid 1800s

Measures roughly 10" H by 6"W

A "how did they do that" studio glass art piece to treasure

Cable Spoon Holder by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company 1860s Color:Blue -4-1984" across the bottomAs a special bicentennial Museum fundraiser we are taking the very unusual step of listing some authentic 19th Century Early American Pressed Glass pieces for sale. Cable Spoon Holder, aka "Spooner" Manufactured by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company between 1860 and 1870 This pattern is said to commemorate the successful laying of the Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable was made in 1857, but it failed shortly after