Pair of Compotes
Artist unknown
1851–57
Medium
Cut glass
Dimensions
Ea: 26 × 26 cm (10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
compote
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
208076
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
From the 1820s to the 1850s, richly cut glass was extremely fashionable due to the glittering effects of the facets. These ornamental, diamond-cut glass compotes would have been used on a sideboard or dining table during the period. New York City was the production center for high-quality decorative glass in the United States, and these glass compotes are representative of New York firms like Brooklyn Flint Glass Works, a company whose work received a silver medal at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhi...