Vase
1886–88
Medium
Blown glass
Dimensions
H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Classification
Vase
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Accession Number
46.140.361
Art Historical Context
This elegant blown-glass vase, crafted by the New England Glass Company 1886 and 1888, exemplifies the pinnacle of late 19th-century Americanmaking. Produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by one of the nation's leading manufacturers, the vase stands just 4½ inches tall boasts an impressive 9¾-inch diameter, suggesting a low, wide form ideal for displays or as a decorative centerpiece. Its in The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art highlights its in showcasing everyday luxury from Gilded Age America. The blown-glass technique employed here—molten glass gathered on a blowpipe, inflat...
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...