Tumbler
Bakewell, Pears and Company
1850–70
Medium
Pressed glass
Dimensions
H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification
Tumbler
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Accession Number
46.140.102
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...