Who created "Sauce Dish"?

Sauce Dish was created by New England Glass Company in after 1883.

When was "Sauce Dish" created?

This artwork was created after 1883.

Is "Sauce Dish" in the public domain?

Yes, Sauce Dish is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Sauce Dish

New England Glass Company

after 1883

Medium

Blown glass

Dimensions

H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 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

46.140.499

Art Historical Context

This delicate sauce dish, crafted by the New England Glass Company after 1883, exemplifies the artistry of American blown glass during the late 19th. Measuring just 1 1/2 inches high and 4 3/8 inches in diameter, its petite scale made it ideal for serving condiments at elegant Victorian tables. The company's expertise in blown glass—a technique involving molten glass shaped by skilled blowers using pipes and molds—produced translucent, functional pieces that blended utility with subtle beauty, reflecting America's growing glassmaking prowess amid industrial expansion. Housed in The American W...

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...

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