Decanter and Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Place Made: 
United States, probably MA, Boston
Accession Number: 
50.4.135
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.75 cm; Body Diam (max): 9.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1815-1835
Primary Description: 
Decanter and Stopper. Lead glass, colorless; blown-molded; slender barrel-shape, tapering neck with wide flange; geometric pattern (GI-7 Type I): wide round ribs extending from center on base, over body, and tapering on neck; rough pontil mark. Ribbed hollow ball stopper.

More Info

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