Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Place Made
United States, NY, Corning
Physical DescriptionClaret Decanter with Stopper. Colorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. Conical body with flat shoulders and narrow neck ending in pouring lip, handle attached (lower end first) opposite lip. Inside of neck ground and polished for stopper; neck and shoulder cut into six flat panels; body into ten flat panels; polished engraving of urn and flowers on upper panels and of dolphins, a fountain and scrolls on lower panels; applied flattened spherical knop with cut circles around it at base of body; applied circular foot; floral design repeated on ten panels on upper surface of foot; lower surface of foot entirely ground and polished; "16" scratched on base; handle also paneled and engraved with flowers; stopper has lantern shaped knop cut in ten panels and engraved with flowers with a flattened sphere below decorated with cut circles; shank is ground and polished, "9" scratched on end. Provenance
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