decanter
Object NameDecanter with Stopper
Manufacturer
Cork Glass Company
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1800
Place MadeIreland
TechniqueDip-molded, blown
SizeOverall H: 27 cm, Diam (max): 12 cm
Accession Number50.2.32
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionDark colorless lead glass; dip-molded and blown. (a) Squatty straight-sided body with long shoulder tapering into neck with wide flange and three heavy double-rings with milled edge; dip-molded band of short vertical ribs at bottom below crudely-engraved circlet of alternate diamond and latticed vesica with splits above and below; on bottom, outer rayed band, narrow band with mark "CORK GLASS CO.", plain center with rough pontil. (b) Large bull's-eye stopper.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
1845-1950
perhaps 300-499
50 BCE-25 CE
