"Whiskey Decanter"

Notice of Upcoming Content and Access Change

The Museum is working on the future of our online collections access. A new version will be available later in 2023. During this transition period, the current version of the Collections Browser may have reduced functionality and data may be not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For any questions or concerns, please contact us.

What is AAT?

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Title: 
"Whiskey Decanter"
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
97.4.39
Dimensions: 
(a,b) H: 26.7 cm; (a) H: 20.2 cm, D: 11.5 cm; (b) H: 10.3 cm W: 3.8 cm, D: 2.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1947
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, tooled, ground, polished. (a) Barrel shape with long neck and slightly flaring rim, ground and polished inside to fit stopper, flat circular base ground and polished; ground and polished pontil mark; signed "Steuben/DD" in diamond-point script under base. Gummed paper label with typed number "7956" on side of neck. (b) Stopper with solid, conical finial enclosing a tear-drop air bubble, cut and polished vertically on two sides; shank of stopper ground and polished; engraved no. "13/DD". Design no. SP7956.

More Info

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

Publications (1)

Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (1982 edition) (1982) p. 277, #7956; BIB# 21935