decanter

Object NameDecanter with Stopper

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1900

Place MadeBohemia

TechniqueFree-blown, cased, cut

Size(a&b) H: 22.8 cm; (a) H: 15.4 cm; D (rim): 3.6 cm, (max.)(body): 8.5 cm

Accession Number54.3.48

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

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Physical DescriptionClear heavy glass; free-blown, cased and cut. (a) Pear-shaped at bottom hexagonal body with slender cylindrical neck interrupted by a flat knop and with flaring rim; (b) conical stopper with finial consisting of a knop and a tapering obelisk- like top with enclosed "tear"; heavy cutting through the blue overlay, covering body and finial of stopper with a geometric overall-patter: base has a six-pointed star and diamond pattern, body and finial are covered with disks.

Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01