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Tumbler by Bakewell, Page & Bakewell
Artist
Bakewell, Page & Bakewell
Date
ca. 1825
Medium
Blown and cut glass; clay cameo
Dimensions
H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Gallery
704
Location
704
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1947

Description

Overview Tumbler Bakewell, Page & Bakewell American ca. 1825 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 704 The cameo portrait in the base of this tumbler depicts the Marquis de Lafayette, whose visit to the United States in 1824 and 1825 provided the impetus for Bakewell’s production of commemorative sulphide glass. Developed in France, the technique of embedding a high-fired ceramic material into a bubble of glass, which was then deflated, was complicated and costly.