Sweetmeat Glass

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Sweetmeat Glass

c. 1735

Artist/maker unknown, English

Large-stemmed sweetmeat glasses were intended to hold dry sweetmeats that could be eaten with the fingers: nuts, biscuits, chocolates, or dried and fresh fruits. They stood in the center of an arrangement of smaller sweetmeat glasses that contained wet items more appropriately consumed with a spoon.

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Object Details

Title:

Sweetmeat Glass

Date:

c. 1735

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, English

Medium:

Molded lead-crystal glass

Dimensions:

Height: 5 5/8 inches (14.3 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

The George H. Lorimer Collection, 1953

Accession Number:

1953-29-1

Geography:

Made in England, Europe

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