Jarves smuggled glassmaking talent from Europe to Boston, and kept a book of various glass recipes.

By 1835, Jarves had caused significant changes to the American glassmaking industry, and his Boston & Sandwich Glass Company was known world–wide.

[2] He conducted business from offices in Boston, and the company's factory was located in East Cambridge.

[6][7] He built the company into what one writer calls "the most important manufacturer of pressed glass in 19th-century America";[8] he stayed with it until 1858, and it continued until 1888.

Washington Glass Works in South Boston under the management of Captain Luther Russell.