Wineglass
Unknown Artist
1700–1735
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification
Glass
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward Holbrook Collection, Gift of Mrs. Edward Holbrook and John S. Holbrook, 1921
Accession Number
21.110.6
Art Historical Context
This elegant wineglass, crafted in Britain between 1700 and 1735, stands as a delicate testament to the early 18th-century decorative. Measuring just 6 1/4 inches (15.9 cm) in height, its slender form was designed for the refined rituals of dining and socializing among the British upper classes.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of European Sculpture and Decor Arts, it entered the collection in 1921 as part of the Edward Holbrook, gifted by his family. British glassmaking during this Georgian-era period marked a golden age of innovation, with artisans producing finely blown ...