Bird Fountain
Medium
Lead glass, blown molded
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (13.3 x 8.3 cm)
Classification
Fountain
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Judith F. and William H. Hernstadt Gift, 1985
Accession Number
1985.24
Tags
BirdsFountains
About the Artist
Boston & Sandwich Glass Company · 1825–1888
The Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, a pioneering force in American glassmaking, was established in 1825 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, by visionary entrepreneur Deming Jarves, who had honed his expertise as an agent for the New England Glass Company in Cambridge. Jarves built the factory on the banks of the Cape Cod Canal, incorporating it formally the following year with Boston investors. Drawing o...