decanter
Object Name2 Decanters
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1790
Place MadeIreland; England
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number50.2.28
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionDark colorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. (a) Slender ovoid bodies tapering at top into short necks with plain spreading lips and, at bottoms, to applied hollow, molded pedestal feet with low domes on square bases; decoration: engraved and polished, freely drawn, bees and flowers with sweeping stems and leaves, flat cut "honey-comb" facets on neck and circlet of long ovals at bottom; ends of flower petals unpolished. (b) Lozenge stoppers with notched edges and, on face, row of flat facets forming plain polygon center.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
