As we ring in 2014 with toasts to the exciting work in the year ahead, here is an example of what the Drayton family was using for their champagne toasts in the 1880s. The Drayton Hall museum collection contains a wonderful, late nineteenth-century collection of champagne glasses, punch cups, tumblers and finger bowls, all made by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company from 1880-1887. The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company was located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and employed skilled glassblowers from England and Ireland. This set of glassware is of the “Roman Key and Star” pattern with an etched double-banded key pattern near the rim and a field of stars cut on the bowl. Gift of Mr. Charles H. Drayton III.
Drayton Hall Preservation Trust was featured in the March/April 2025 issue of The Magazine Antiques. The article highlights the upcoming exhibit, Through the Looking Glass: Decorative Arts Deconstructed. This special exhibit can be viewed…
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Flights of Fancy was made possible through the generosity of the Preview Party Committee members and corporate sponsors of the 2024 Preview Party for The Charleston Show. We are grateful…
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Recently, our archaeologists made an exciting discovery in our current excavation! We were able to connect this medicine bottle to a local pharmacy dating to 1875-1901. The bottle is associated…
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