"Decanter"

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Title: 
"Decanter"
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
97.4.87
Dimensions: 
(a,b) H: 21.6 cm; (a) H: 17.0 cm, W: 12.0 cm, D(rim): 7.0 cm (b) H: 8.2 cm, W: 7.5 cm, D: 3.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1940
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; mold-blown, tooled, ground, polished, and engraved. (a) Square shape with cylindrical neck and tooled, everted neck; four sides and base ground and polished. Copper-wheel engraved howling wolf on one side. (b) Solid stopper with rectangular finial, its shank ground and polished to fit the neck. Neck engraved with no. "2". Design no. 7882.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown, tooled, ground, polished, engraved
tooling
polishing
ground glass

Publications (1)

Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (1982 edition) (1982) p. 277, #7882; BIB# 21935