Sugar bowl by Boston & Sandwich Glass Company

Medium

Blown and engraved glass

Dimensions

H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Classification

Sugar bowl

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Funds from various donors, 1967

Accession Number

67.7.24a, b

About the Artist

Boston & Sandwich Glass Company · 18251888

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...

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