Water Goblet
ca. 1867
Medium
Blown glass
Dimensions
H. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Classification
Water goblet
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Funds from various donors, 1967
Accession Number
67.7.6
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century American tableware with this delicate *Water Goblet* crafted by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company around 1867. Standing at just over 6½ inches tall with a 3½-inch diameter, this blown glass piece exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of one of America's leading glass manufacturers, active from the 1820s to the late 1880s in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Its presence in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing highlights the rising sophistication of U.S. decorative arts during the post-Civil War era. Blown glass, the goblet's medium, involves gath...
About the Artist
Boston & Sandwich Glass Company · 1825–1888
The Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, a pioneering force in American glassmaking, was established in 1825 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, by visionary entrepreneur Deming Jarves, who had honed his expertise as an agent for the New England Glass Company in Cambridge. Jarves built the factory on the banks of the Cape Cod Canal, incorporating it formally the following year with Boston investors. Drawing o...