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Object NameDecanter or Claret Jug with Stopper

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place MadeEngland; Ireland

TechniqueBlown, cut, applied, ground, engraved

SizeOverall H: 26.6 cm, Diam: 11.3 cm

Accession Number78.2.7

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and cut. (a) Cylindrical form, with waisted neck and flared rim with long, curved pouring spout; heavily cut; scalloped rim; panel-cut neck rim, above bands of miter cutting; the sides with panels of cut swag drapery separated by cut flutes; flat base with cut star; applied panel-cut loop handle with cut half-oval thumb rest, the lower terminal rounded. (b) Octagonal, domed form; panel-cut on top; waisted, panel-cut stem; ground cylindrical shank; engraved "3" on the bottom of the shank.
Provenance

Source Hannah C. Hartung - 1978-10-27