Decanter

Decanter

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Object Name: 
Decanter
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States, NH, Keene
Date: 
about 1816-1835
Color
AAT
dark olive green
Technique
AAT
blown three-mold glass
Material
AAT
glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.75 cm; Body Diam (max): 9.5 cm
Accession Number: 
50.4.152
Location: 
On Display
Description
Decanter. Bottle glass, dark olive-green; barrel shape, long tapering neck with upward flaring sheared lip; geometric pattern (GIII-16): band of vertical ribbing, one of alternate bulls-eye sunburst (sunburst motif 5) and blocks of diamond diapering, narrow one of diagonal ribbing to right, one of fine vertical ribs, single horizontal rib between bands; base (rayed type VIIA) with band of ribs or rays around large center; rough pontil mark.
Provenance
McKearin, George S., Source
1950-07-31
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1954-06-21 through 1954-09-15

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