Celery vase
Medium
Pressed glass
Dimensions
H. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm); Diam. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
Classification
Celery vase
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greenwood Gift, 1986
Accession Number
1986.237
Tags
Tulips
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...