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Object NamePerfume Decanter with Stopper
Made FromLead Glass
Date1850-1860
Place MadeUnited States, MA, Cambridge
TechniqueBlown, cased, cut, gilt
Size(Aab,Bab) H: 24.5 cm; (Aa,Ba) H: 18 cm; (Aa) diam (max) 9.4 cm; (Ba) diam (max): 9.6 cm; (Cab) H: 9.5 cm; Ca) H: 5.1 cm
Accession Number73.4.25 A
Credit LineGift of Miss Marion Pike
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Interpretive Notes
This set was blown by John H. Leighton, son of Thomas Leighton, for his older daughter, Mary May. It was decorated in the company’s shops.
Physical DescriptionRuby over colorless, lead glasses; blown, cased, cut, gilt. (a) Perfume decanter: bulbous body with tall slender neck; gilt bands; cut with two rows of eight opposing arches through gold ruby to clear; cut trefoils and quatrefoils between arches; gilt swags and ornaments around body; octagonal base with ground and polished pontil mark. (b) Inverted pear-shaped, cut through ruby to clear in four vertical panels, showing elongated air bubble inside; gilt decoration around body; ground neck.
Provenance
Source Marion Pike
toilet set
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New England Glass Company
1850-1860
decanter
decanter
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ornament
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ornament
ornament
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ornament
1850-1860
perfume bottle
perfume bottle
about 1830-1850