Bakewell, Pears and Company
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Bakewell, Pears and Company was Pittsburgh's best known glass manufacturer. The company was most famous for its lead crystal glass, which was often decorated by cutting or engraving. It also made wind
The smokestack on the right is part of the Bakewell glass works.
Engraved bowl ~1810–1820 Metropolitan Museum of Art
Engraved tumbler featuring a greyhound by Bakewell, Page & Bakewell Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sulphide Lafayette portrait in base of a glass tumbler made by Bakewell, Page & Bakewell Metropolitan Museum of Art
Celery vase
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A celery vase is type of glass tableware. Developed during the Victorian era, celery vases displayed celery as centerpieces during meals.
A press glass celery vase, produced between 1850–1870, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Celery vase by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art