Sherry Glass
ca. 1888
Medium
Blown glass
Dimensions
H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Classification
Sherry glass
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Accession Number
46.140.527
Art Historical Context
This delicate sherry glass, crafted by the New England Glass Company around 1888, exemplifies the finesse of late 19th-century American glassmaking. Produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts—just before the company's merger into the Libby Glass Company—this blown glass piece stands at a modest 4 3/8 inches tall, perfectly suited for savoring sherry, a popular fortified wine of the era. Housed in The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was generously gifted by Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles in 1946, highlighting its enduring appeal as a collector's treasure. Blown glass technique was a h...
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...