Lemonade Glass
ca. 1880
Medium
Blown glass, threaded
Dimensions
5 5/16 x 2 7/16 x 3 3/16 in. (13.5 x 6.2 x 8.1 cm)
Classification
Lemonade glass
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Pierre Brunschwig, 1987
Accession Number
1987.139.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant lemonade glass, crafted around 1880 by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, exemplifies the refined artistry of American glassmaking during the late nineteenth. Founded in 1825 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, the company became renowned for producing both functional and decorative wares that brought beauty to everyday life. Standing over five inches tall, the vessel was formed through the delicate process of blowing glass and then embellishing it with fine threads of molten glass—a technique that creates subtle raised patterns, here likely evoking the floral motifs noted in its design...
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...