Creamer
1855–65
Medium
Pressed glass
Dimensions
H. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Classification
Cream pot
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Accession Number
46.140.821
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of mid-19th-century American tableware with this charming creamer from the New England Glass Company crafted between 1855 and 1865. Standing at just 6 5/16 inches (16 cm) tall, pressed glass vessel exemplifies the ingenuity of New England's glassmakers during the height of the Industrial Revolution. housed in The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum Art, it was generously gifted by Mrs. Emilythrop Miles in 194. Pressed glass, the creamer's medium, revolutionized American home decor by allowing mass production of intricate designs once reserved for expensive han...
About the Artist
New England Glass Company · 1818–1888
**The New England Glass Company: Pioneers of American Flint Glass** The New England Glass Company was established on February 16, 1818, in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, by a quartet of prominent local businessmen: Amos Binney, Edmund Munroe, Daniel Hastings, and Deming Jarves. Jarves, drawing on his dry goods background and talent for recruiting Europe's finest cutters, served as operational man...