Decanter and Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Place Made: 
England
Ireland
Accession Number: 
90.2.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.5 cm, Diam: 11.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1810-1825
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. (a) Ovoid shape; neck tapered, with cut, flat rim, ground for a stopper, with three cut neck rings, faceted between; rounded sides with an engraved oval medallion enclosing a version of the arms of New York State; cut short vertical flutes around the bottom; flat base with polished pontil mark at the center; (b) flat, oval, vertical shape, faces polished flat, rim with cut scallops; ground, tapered shank, with ground, flat end.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Priddy & Beckerdite, Inc., Source
1990-01-26
Category: 
Early American
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved, Ground, Polished
engraving
cut glass
ground glass

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 33 (1991) illustrated, p. 100, #12; BIB# AI27386
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1990 (1991) p. 6; BIB# AI96379