Decanter with Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
2007.4.61
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.7 cm, Diam (max): 12.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1826-1842
Web Description: 
This cut glass decanter was probably made at the Union Glass Works in Philadelphia between 1826 and 1842. The manufacturer produced tableware of good quality, but relatively little is known about it because there are no catalogs from that period and the firm was not in business for very long. However, the Museum owns several well-documented pieces that came to us through descendants of the makers, and this decanter has a very distinctive cut stopper identical to that of one of those objects.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Simmonds, Ian, Source
Color: 
colorless
yellow
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
polishing
cutting
grinding
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Almost colorless glass with slight yellowish tint; blown, tooled, applied, cut, ground and polished. Panel-cut decoration overall with three collars around the neck all increasing in size to the panel-cut shoulder and body. Panel-cut stopper topped with a cut, crown-like finial.

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2007 (2008) illustrated, p. 49; BIB# AI90242
Recent Acquisitions (2008) illustrated, p. 11 (top right); BIB# AI101005