Tumbler
1874–75
Medium
Free-blown colorless and white opaque opalescent glass
Dimensions
H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification
Tumbler
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mrs. Orme Wilson Gift and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1986
Accession Number
1986.203.2
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...