Attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Company / Celery vase / ca. 1830-1840

Attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
Celery vase
ca. 1830-1840
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Creator Name: Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., Massachusetts
Creator Qualifier: Attributed to
Creator Dates/Places: 1825-1888
Creator Name-CRT: Attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
Title: Celery vase
Title Type: Object name
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1830
Creation End Date: 1840
Creation Date: ca. 1830-1840
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Glass, lacy pressed
Materials and Techniques: Pressed lead glass
Dimensions: 7 5/16 in. H. x 4 9/16 in. Diam. (18.6 cm H. x 11.6 cm Diam. )
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 1986.237
Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greenwood Gift, 1986
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

The development of pressed glass during the 1820s was the most innovative technological improvement since the invention of the blowpipe two thousand years earlier. Credited as an American development, it revolutionized glassmaking, taking the process out of the hands of the individual glass blower, and enabling the shape and decoration of an object to be made in a single swift process. Cut glass provides the patterns for the earliest pressed vessels, such as this celery vase. It features repeated designs of what appear to be tulip blossoms (although collectors often refer to this as the Cape Cod Lily) and leaves. The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company produced quantities of lacy pressed glass. Based upon fragments found at Sandwich factory site, the celery is attributed to that firm. It is one of a very few examples known.

AMICA ID: MMA_.1986.237
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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