Glass Reflections

Sandwich Glass Museum

Sandwich, MA

Some of the glass artwork for sale at the Sandwich Glass Museum made for some interesting reflections.  I'm sharing this with Weekend Reflections where you'll find many more great reflections. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and thanks for stopping by. 

Glass Display II

Sandwich Glass Museum

Sandwich, MA

Here's another example of the glass in display at the Sandwich Glass Museum.  It was easy to lose track of time viewing all the fine glass here.  

Glass Displays

Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich, MA

There was a lot of glass on display at the Sandwich Glass Museum.  I enjoyed the glass displayed in front of the large windows, which looked much better in person than what I was able to capture in these photos.  It was very colorful.

Glass Furnace

Sandwich, MA

The main constituent of glass is fused quartz also known as silica which is also the main ingredient of    sand.  Sandwich, MA wasn't chosen as a location for glass making due to the abundant source sand, but instead for the abundant supply of wood which originally fueled glass furnaces like this one.  The melting point of glass varies depending upon what else is added.  This furnace operates at a temperature well above 2000℉, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  They turn it off once a year for cleaning and maintenance and it takes 3 weeks to cool.  In the furnace there is usually about 50 pounds of molten glass kept in a large ceramic bowl ready for glass blowing demonstrations and for the creation of glass artworks for sale at the museum shop.