Liqueur Decanter

Object NameLiqueur Decanter with Stopper

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker Donald Pollard (American, 1924-1994)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1953

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueBlown, tooled, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 28.9 cm; Diam: 10.1 cm

Accession Number98.4.480

Credit LineGift of Design Dept., Steuben Glass, A Division of Corning Glass Works

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, tooled, ground, and polished; a) globular shaped decanter; flared rim angled; waisted neck, neck interior ground and polished to fit stopper; body rounded out then in (drop shaped); flat circular base ground and polished; b) solid glass cylindrical shaped stopper with inverted conical shaped finial; top of finial ground and polished to an angle, body tapered in with slight curve, enclosed inverted drop shaped air bubble; stopper tapered out from bottom of finial to squared off shoulder, then tapered in; flat circular base ground and polished.
Provenance

Former Collection Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903)