History

Our Roots

Founded in South Boston in 1837 by Deming Jarves, Pairpoint’s predecessor, the Mount Washington Glass Company became widely known for producing the finest glass made anywhere in the United States.

 

Timeless Designs

With a history of producing the highest quality glass, examples of Pairpoint’s timeless designs can be found in over 30 museums across the country, including the decorative arts collections of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY)
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MA)
  • Chrysler Museum (VA)
  • Corning Museum of Glass (NY)
  • New Bedford Museum of Glass (MA)
  • New Bedford Whaling Museum (MA)
  • Sandwich Glass Museum (MA)
  • Pairpoint Lamp Museum (NJ)
  • Brooklyn Museum (NY)
  • The Museum of American Glass in West Virginia (WV)
  • RISD Museum (RI)
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art (MN)
  • Milwaukee Art Museum (WI)
  • Golden Pioneer Museum (MO)
  • The Houston Museum of Decorative Arts (TN)
  • High Museum of Art Atlanta (GA)
  • Iowa State University Museums (IA)
  • Currier Museum of Art (NH)
  • The Museum of American Glass (NJ)
  • Wichita Art Museum (KS)
  • Smithsonian Libraries
  • Smithsonian National Museum of American History (DC)
  • National Baseball Hall of Fame (NY)
  • Detroit Institute of Arts (MI)
  • The W.H. Stark House (TX)
  • USS Constitution Museum (MA)
  • Asheville Art Museum (NC)
  • Birmingham Museum of Art (AL)
  • The Art Institute of Chicago (IL)
  • Huntington Museum of Art (WV)
  • Toledo Museum of Art (OH)
  • The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (FL)
  • Dallas Museum of Art (TX)
  • Historical Glass Museum (CA)
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA)

 

The birth of pairpoint

 

Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, named for its silversmith superintendent, was built next door to Mount Washington. With many of the same stockholders and clients, the two companies officially merged in 1894, and combined both art glass and silver mounts for their popular products.