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Object Name:

Decanter and Stopper

Maker(s):

Keene-Marlboro-St. Glassworks, Maker

Place Made:

United States, NH, Keene

Accession Number:

50.4.182

Dimensions:

Overall H: 22.75 cm; Body Diam (max): 9.5 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

about 1816-1835

Primary Description:

Decanter and Stopper. Lead glass, colorless; blown-molded' barrel-shape, long tapering neck with narrow flange; geometric pattern (GIII-16): band of vertical ribbing, one of alternate bull's-eye sunburst (sunburst motif 5) and blocks of diamond diapering, narrow one of diagonal ribbing to right, one of five vertical ribs, single horizontal between bands; base (rayed type VIIA) with band of ribs or rays around large center; rough pontil mark. Fitted with hollow ball stopper with band of five ribs below one of diamond diapering, sunburst on top.