Fluid lamp
ca. 1855–75
Medium
Cut double overlay glass in pink and white with brass fittings and stepped marble base
Dimensions
17 in. (43.2 cm)
Classification
Lamp
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Sylvia and Leonard Marx Jr. Gift, 2011
Accession Number
2011.160
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...