decanter

Object NameDecanter with Stopper

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1800

Place MadeEngland

TechniqueMolded, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 24.5 cm, W: 8.5 cm, D: 8.5 cm

Accession Number50.2.82

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Rich's)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass of gray cast; molded for body form, cut and engraved. (a) Octagonal (square with chamfered corners) body, short shoulder sloping to short cylindrical neck with flat flange; side-edge with cut ovals forming arch, shoulders with large flat oval cut at corners; on one side, engraved sunburst medallion with initial "H"; ground and polished pontil mark. (b) Lozenge stopper, ovals cut on edge.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01