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Object NameClaret Decanter with Stopper

Manufacturer J. Hoare & Company (1868-1920)

Retailer Tiffany and Company (1837-present)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1893-1900

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 37.5 cm; (a) Decanter H: 29.6 cm, L (with handle): 15 cm, Foot Diam: 10.8 cm; (b) Stopper H: 14.2 cm, Diam (max): 5.1 cm

Accession Number88.4.16

Credit LineGift of M. H. Riviere

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses

On ViewCrystal City Gallery

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

Source Marilynn Himes Riviere - 1988-05-11
The set was purchased by the donor’s grandparents at the 1917 sale of Brady’s estate.

Former Collection James "Diamond Jim" Buchanan Brady - 1917
This may be Hoare's exhibition set, purchased by Brady at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, which he is known to have visited several times or in 1898 when he bought his house. The set was purchased by the donor’s grandparents at the 1917 sale of Brady’s estate.