Decanter and Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
97.4.102
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1950-1965
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, tooled, ground, polished. (a) Ovoid shape, narrow neck, flared rim, ground and polished inside to fit stopper, flat circular base ground and polished. (b) Hollow tulip-shaped stopper, shank of stopper ground and polished. Similar to design no. 8043.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, tooled, ground, polished
tooling
ground glass