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Mary Gregory (1856 – May 24, 1908) was an American artist known for her decoration of glass products at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Gregory worked for Boston and Sandwich from 1880 to 1884. [2]
The term 'Mary Gregory' indicates a style of glass rather than a manufacturer. It originates from the myth that a lady in USA named Mary Gregory painted scenes of children on thousands of items of glassware.
Oct 5, 2018 · Mary Gregory glass originated in Bohemia around the late 19th century and was exported to the United States and England. It featured white, silhouette-type figures, usually children at play, that were painted on clear or colored glass.
Mary Gregory glass, variety of glass produced in the United States toward the end of the 19th century in imitation of the then popular English cameo glass. It was named for Mary Gregory, an employee in the decorating department of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Sandwich, Mass.
Mary Gregory Glass is a charming style of enamelled figure glass, popular in Victorian times and now being re-discovered. The distinctive feature of Mary Gregory Glass is the painted and enamelled scenes of Victorian children in silhouette, dressed in their best clothes, playing games and having fun.
Mary Gregory Glass: 19451990s By Robert Truitt. The end of WW I brought numerous changes to the Czech glass houses, but the during the period after WW II they were completely reorganized. For a brief time, the glasshouses struggled to resume their prewar production.
"Mary Gregory" glass can be divided into old Mary Gregory (made between 1879 to 1939) which was mostly mouth blown and appears to have come primarily from central Europe; and new Mary Gregory glass made after the second world war all over the world, and still made today.
