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Maurice Kelly (1878-1963) was a glass blower who worked for Quezal from approximately 1901 to 1903 and then for Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918. In 1904, when he began his employment at Tiffany Studios, his records indicate that he was being paid $19.25 per week and at the time of his retirement from Tiffany Studios he was receiving $35 weekly. Kelly left Tiffany in 1918 to work for the Durand Art Glass Co. in Vineland, New Jersey.
PROPERTY OFFERED BY A DESCENDANT OF MAURICE KELLY
A GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS AND GLASS-MAKING TOOLS
Details
A GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS AND GLASS-MAKING TOOLS
comprising: a tin plate; four photo dry plates; six period photographs of Maurice Kelly and various glass workers; a union dues ledger with the assessment sheets of local union no. 18 listing names of employees and the amounts collected at Tiffany's Corona Long Island Factory; a wage book for 1903-1927; together with sixteen of Maurice Kelly's glass-making tools comprising a 'parchotti' or pair of wooden jacks, a pair of shears, three calipers of various shapes, a pair of straight shears, a pair of pinchers, two 'taglios' or sculpting paddles and seven jacks of various sizes
the pinchers engraved 'MK', two large jacks engraved 'MK' (29)
comprising: a tin plate; four photo dry plates; six period photographs of Maurice Kelly and various glass workers; a union dues ledger with the assessment sheets of local union no. 18 listing names of employees and the amounts collected at Tiffany's Corona Long Island Factory; a wage book for 1903-1927; together with sixteen of Maurice Kelly's glass-making tools comprising a 'parchotti' or pair of wooden jacks, a pair of shears, three calipers of various shapes, a pair of straight shears, a pair of pinchers, two 'taglios' or sculpting paddles and seven jacks of various sizes
the pinchers engraved 'MK', two large jacks engraved 'MK' (29)
Provenance
Maurice Kelly
By descent in the family
By descent in the family