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- Tumbler, 1820-1850 - American glass factories made a variety of glass products for the early-nineteenth-century consumer. Glassblowers turned out bottles, flasks, tableware and other household items. Earlier products were affordable only to the well-to-do. But by the second quarter of the 19th century, a growing number of manufacturers made reasonably priced blown-glass items available to the expanding middle class.
- 1820-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Tumbler, 1820-1850
American glass factories made a variety of glass products for the early-nineteenth-century consumer. Glassblowers turned out bottles, flasks, tableware and other household items. Earlier products were affordable only to the well-to-do. But by the second quarter of the 19th century, a growing number of manufacturers made reasonably priced blown-glass items available to the expanding middle class.
- Inkwell, 1790-1820 -
- 1790-1820
- Collections - Artifact
Inkwell, 1790-1820
- Bowl, 1780-1820 -
- 1780-1820
- Collections - Artifact
Bowl, 1780-1820
- Vase, 1820-1860 - American glass factories made a variety of glass products for the early-nineteenth-century consumer. Glassblowers turned out bottles, flasks, tableware and other household items. Earlier products were affordable only to the well-to-do. But by the second quarter of the 19th century, a growing number of manufacturers made reasonably priced blown-glass items available to the expanding middle class.
- 1820-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Vase, 1820-1860
American glass factories made a variety of glass products for the early-nineteenth-century consumer. Glassblowers turned out bottles, flasks, tableware and other household items. Earlier products were affordable only to the well-to-do. But by the second quarter of the 19th century, a growing number of manufacturers made reasonably priced blown-glass items available to the expanding middle class.
- Dish, 1820-1850 - American glass factories made a variety of glass products for the early-nineteenth-century consumer. Glassblowers turned out bottles, flasks, tableware and other household items. Earlier products were affordable only to the well-to-do. But by the second quarter of the 19th century, a growing number of manufacturers made reasonably priced blown-glass items available to the expanding middle class.
- 1820-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Dish, 1820-1850
American glass factories made a variety of glass products for the early-nineteenth-century consumer. Glassblowers turned out bottles, flasks, tableware and other household items. Earlier products were affordable only to the well-to-do. But by the second quarter of the 19th century, a growing number of manufacturers made reasonably priced blown-glass items available to the expanding middle class.
- Bonnet, 1820-1850 -
- 1820-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Bonnet, 1820-1850
- Trousers, 1810-1820 - American men began to replace knee-length breeches with long trousers for some activities in the early 1800s. This lightweight, open-legged pair would have been much cooler and provided more ease of movement than traditional breeches.
- 1810-1820
- Collections - Artifact
Trousers, 1810-1820
American men began to replace knee-length breeches with long trousers for some activities in the early 1800s. This lightweight, open-legged pair would have been much cooler and provided more ease of movement than traditional breeches.
- Vase, 1820-1850 -
- 1820-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Vase, 1820-1850
- Trousers, 1820-1850 -
- 1820-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Trousers, 1820-1850
- Dress, 1820-1825 - Simple, short-waisted dresses with ruffled details were fashionable in America during the early-nineteenth-century, a period known as Empire. This example, a sheer ladies' dress with an "empire" waist, would have been layered with undergarments and a shawl or cloak for warmth.
- 1820-1825
- Collections - Artifact
Dress, 1820-1825
Simple, short-waisted dresses with ruffled details were fashionable in America during the early-nineteenth-century, a period known as Empire. This example, a sheer ladies' dress with an "empire" waist, would have been layered with undergarments and a shawl or cloak for warmth.