Decanter and Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Maker(s): 
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.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown-molded
Material: 
glass