Sweetmeat Compote
Bakewell, Pears and Company
1850–70
Medium
Pressed glass
Dimensions
H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); Diam. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Classification
Sweetmeat compote
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Accession Number
46.140.87a, b
About the Artist
Bakewell, Pears and Company · 1836–1882
Bakewell, Pears and Company, Pittsburgh's preeminent glass manufacturer, emerged from the ambitious vision of English immigrant Benjamin Bakewell (1767–1844), who is hailed as the "father of the flint-glass crystal business in America." In 1808, Bakewell acquired a struggling flint glasshouse along the Monongahela River, partnering initially with glassblower Edward Ensell and merchant Benjamin Pag...