Vase

Art Historical Context

This delicate satin pink glass vase, created between 1885 and 1890, exemplifies the refined elegance of late 19th-century decorative arts either American or British workshops. Standing just under 5 inches tall, its slender form and soft, velvety surface invite close admiration, evoking the luxurious tastes of the Victorian era's Aesthetic Movement. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing, it reflects the transatlantic exchange of craftsmanship during a time when glassmakers on both sides of the Atlantic competed to produce opulent household objects. The vase's medium—blown sa...