Washington Hall

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The Washington Hall highlights some of the most important glass objects in the Bayou Bend Collection. Made and used in early America from the 1700s through the 1800s, the arrangement of glass exhibits a range of techniques employed by glassmakers: including free-blowing, mold-blowing, cutting, engraving, and pressing.

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Sugar Bowl
C. Ihmsen & Co.
c. 1850–1860
Lead glass
B.2004.4.A,.B
Pitcher
Boston Silver Glass Company
c. 1865–1871
Silvered glass, silver plate, cork, paper
B.2011.6
Cream Jug
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.
c. 1831–1845
Glass and silver
B.2011.7
Pocket Bottle
Unknown American
c. 1820–1845
Nonlead glass
B.69.484
Pocket Bottle
American Flint Glass Company
c. 1764–1774
Potash-lime glass
B.57.2
Card Table
Unknown American
c. 1800–1820
Mahogany; unidentified inlays and secondary woods
B.2004.44
Celery Vase
Unknown American
c. 1830–1840
Lead glass
B.2000.2
Tumbler with Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat
c. 1825–1835
Lead glass with sulphide portrait
B.89.13
Figured Flask
Baltimore Glass Works
c. 1840–1850
Nonlead glass
B.58.42
Compote
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.
c. 1850–1870
Glass
B.2010.3
Vase
Unknown American
c. 1840–1860
Lead glass with gilding
B.2011.21
Saltcellar
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.
c. 1825–1840
Lead glass
B.69.493
Compote
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.
c. 1845–1855
Lead glass
B.70.8
Pocket Bottle
Unknown American
c. 1815–1850
Nonlead glass
B.69.457
Pocket Bottle
Unknown American
c. 1815–1835
Nonlead glass
B.69.452
Sugar Bowl with Cover
Thomas Cains
c. 1815–1830
Lead glass
B.85.10.A,.B
Sugar Bowl Cover
New Bremen Glass Manufactory
c. 1784–1795
Nonlead glass
B.85.11
Figured Flask
Unknown American
c. 1846–1848
Nonlead glass
B.72.80
Two-Handled Urn
New England Glass Company
c. 1830–1840
Lead glass and silver
B.2019.2
Saltcellar
Jersey Glass Company
c. 1827–1835
Glass
B.2005.6
Goblet
New England Glass Company
c. 1882
Blown, cut, and engraved lead glass
B.2014.2
Pocket Bottle
American Flint Glass Company
c. 1764–1774
Potash-lime glass
B.59.80
Dish
Unknown American
c. 1835–1845
Lead glass
B.2005.10
Dish
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1831–1855
Hard-paste porcelain with gilding
B.2005.11
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