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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RLM Stamps, post: 3719757, member: 18784&quot;]I sent an email to the curator of the Sandwich Museum. This was her response copy and pasted.<span style="color: #ff0000"> I guess stories and information can get mixed up over several generations.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Dear Bob,</p><p><br /></p><p>From the photograph, your lamps were probably made by the New England Glass Company of East Cambridge, Massachusetts c. 1850. The design is usually referred to as Three-Printie-Block on a Flaring Hexagonal Base. The Three-Printie-Block refers to the font design. The Boston &amp; Sandwich Glass Company made similar lamps in which the font was attached to the base with a wafer of glass. In the Sandwich lamps, the mold seams of the font and the base would be interrupted by the wafer. Again from the photograph your lamps appear to have been made in one piece, which indicates a New England Glass Company origin. The lamps in the photograph in the newspaper article were similar in design, but larger. They are called Four-Printie-Block with the font attached to the base with a wafer. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not to further confuse you, but these lamps were reproduced. The original lamps were made of lead glass and there is a heft to them, as well as a bit of a bell-like tone when struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this is helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards,</p><p>Dorothy G. Hogan-Schofield</p><p>Curator</p><p>Sandwich Glass Museum</p><p>P.O. Box 103</p><p>Sandwich, MA 02563[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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