Sauce Dish
1870–80
Medium
Pressed glass
Dimensions
H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification
Sauce dish
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Accession Number
46.140.584
Art Historical Context
Welcome to The American Wing, where this charming **Sauce Dish** Adams and Company (1870–80) captures the everyday elegance of Gilded Age America. Crafted from pressed glass, it measures a modest 1 3/8 inches high and 4 1/2 inches in diameter—perfect for serving condiments at the dinner table. Donated by Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles 1946, this piece reflects the ingenuity of Pittsburgh's thriving glass industry, where firms like Adams specialized in affordable, decorative tableware. Pressed glass, the dish's medium, revolutionized American households during the late 19th century. Developed in th...
About the Artist
Adams and Company
Adams and Company was an American pressed glass manufacturer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose products exemplify the ingenuity and industrial ambition of Gilded Age glassmaking in the United States. The firm traces its origins to Adams, Mackin & Co., established in Pittsburgh in 1851; by 1861 it had reorganized as Adams and Company, operating under that name through 1891, when it became Fa...