decanter

Object NameDecanter with Stopper

Maker Carl Erickson (Swedish, 1899-1966)

Maker Erickson Glass Works

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1953-1954

Place MadeUnited States, OH, Bremen

SizeOverall H: 36.7 cm, Diam (max): 12.2 cm

Accession Number94.4.55 B

Credit LineGift of Erickson Glass Works

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionSmoky topaz, transparent (decanters), colorless (stoppers) glasses; blown, molded, ground. (A,B) (a) Decanter: conical. Rim expands, with ground and polished lip inclined at angle of about 25°; short cylindrical neck that merges with wall; base plain, slightly concave, thicker than wall; no pontil mark. Upper neck has irregular, incomplete band of grinding on inside. (b) Stopper solid, with tall, inverted conical knop, which splays at bottom and tapering cylindrical base. Side and bottom of base ground.

Provenance

Source Erickson Glass Works