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 This colorful display will brighten any winter’s day with works from the Victorian era, as well as examples from some of our local glass artists.

Although floral motifs were always popular, they gained momentum during the late 19th century. The language of flowers or floriography, blossomed during the Victorian era when floral gifts were encoded with secret messages.  A single flower could equate a message of love, hope, or sadness, thus expressing feelings that could not be spoken in public.

Keeping up with the trend, floral motifs were depicted on a wide range of items produced by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (1825-1888). Among the designs found on Sandwich decorated wares was the white rose. Roses were popular in Victorian arrangements and the white rose, as noted in Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers published in 1889, was a symbol of worthiness or I am worthy of you.

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