Boston & Sandwich Boston & Sandwich T.G.Clark "Jewel" T.G.Clark "Jewel" T.G.Clark "A-E Pattern"
5 5/8"h. "Russian" 5 3/4"h. 5 1/2"h. c.1896 5 1/2"h. 5 3/4"h. & 6"h. c.1901
T. G. Clark "Harvard pattern" T. G. Clark "Harvest" T. G. Clark T.G.Clark "Winola" Dorflinger "Colonial"
4 5/8"h. & 5 3/4"h. - c.1905 5 1/2"h. "Henry VIII" 5 1/2"h. 5 3/4"h. 5 1/2"h. c.1893
C. Dorflinger "Strawberry Diamond & Fan" C. Dorflinger SD&F C. Dorflinger "Royal Pattern" C. Dorflinger "# 28" pattern
7 1/4"h. c.1886 6 1/4"h. 5 3/4"h. & 7 1/4"h. 5 3/4"h. & 4 5/8"h.
American cut glass bells were seen in the more affluent homes of the Brilliant Period of the late 1800's and early 1900's. They were seen as part of table settings of rich cut glass. After the introduction of electricity in the late 1800's, the use of electric call bells gradually reduced the use of cut glass bells. After World War I, cut glass bells became primarily decorative.
During the Brilliant Period many fine cut glass bells were produced in geometric patterns. Overlapping this period from
about 1906 to the early 1920's we see cut and engraved flowers and other natural objects on bells.
Below are shown some Briliant Period bells from some of the companies that produced them.
5 3/4"h. c.1894 5 3/4"h. c.1897