decanter
Object NamePair of Decanters with Stoppers
Made FromLead Glass
Date1831
Place MadeEngland, probably London
TechniqueBlown, cut
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number84.2.57
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPair of Decanters with stoppers. Colorless lead glass; blown, cut. (a) Flattened ovoid body, with long tapering neck and flat rim; trumpet-shaped foot; the rim polished; the neck and shoulders with five rings of cut strawberry diamonds; the sides with relief-cut crowns alternating with fans of stylized feathers, in rectangular panels; ring of strawberry diamonds and three mitre cuts at the foot; the foot with panels of mitre cuts; petal-cut foot rim. (b) Bulbous, solid finial, with relief-cut crowns (three) on the sides; ball finial; band of small strawberry diamonds below the crowns; waisted stem; tapered, cylindrical shank.Provenance
Source
Delomosne & Son Limited
- 1984-07-12
