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Deming Jarves
1790–1869
An inventive American industrialist, he helped shape the early U.S. glass industry and later turned his curiosity to writing about both manufacturing and art. He is especially remembered for founding the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company and for leaving behind vivid firsthand accounts of glassmaking.
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Reminiscences of Glass-making
by Deming Jarves
About the author
Born in 1790, Deming Jarves was an American businessman and manufacturer best known for his role in the development of the glass industry in New England. He founded the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1825, and his work is closely tied to the rise of American pressed and decorative glass in the 19th century.
Jarves was more than a factory owner. He also wrote about the craft and business of glassmaking, including Reminiscences of Glass-Making, published in 1865, which offers a firsthand look at the trade during a period of rapid industrial growth. His career reflects the energy of early American manufacturing, when practical skill, entrepreneurship, and experimentation often went hand in hand.
He died in 1869, but his name remains linked with one of the most important centers of historic American glass production. Today, he is remembered both as an industrial pioneer and as a writer who helped preserve the story of his craft.