Decanter with Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably NH, Keene
Accession Number: 
65.4.56
Dimensions: 
OH: 9", D (base): 3"
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1815-1835
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Teresa Goell
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; mold-blown. Barrel shape with long vertically ribbed neck and out-turned rim; body has pattern of slanted ribbing above alternating sunbursts and waffles above vertical ribbing; base has rays around outer part and blank circle in center with a nearly invisible pontil attachment. Neck ground for stopper. Hollow, bulbous diamond-patterned stopper with ground shade; does not fit well.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Pattern Name: 
GIII-16
Provenance: 
Goell, Teresa, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown