Blowpipe
- Object Name:
- Blowpipe
- Object ID:
- 2005.015
- Creator:
- Chelmsford Glass Company; Suncook Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Suncook, NH
- Date:
- 1839-1850
- Description:
- Glassblower's pipe, wrought iron, c. 1850, used at the Chelmsford Glass Company, Suncook Glass Works, Pembroke, NH. Shaft has four rings of decreasing diameter from mouth to tip. Except for a 4" long convex narrowed section that starts 6.75" below mouth, shaft gradually decreases in diameter from 0.9" just below first ring to 0.3" at tip. Flared mouth, 1.25" diam.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- L-60.75 Dia-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Used to make window glass at Suncook Glass Works in Suncook Village, Pembroke, NH. The factory operated there from 1839 to 1850.
According to the previous owner (name unknown), the pipe is from the collection of Vincent Ortello (1952-1996) of New Haven, CT, a scholar and collector of early American glass, and president of the Westchester (NY) Glass Club. Many of his pieces are at the Sandwich Glass Museum and Corning Museum of Glass. The blowpipe was purchased at a Portier sale, 1975-1980. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- Subjects:
- Glass industry, Tools, Glass blowing
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