decanter
Object NameEngraved Masonic Decanter with Stopper
Made FromLead Glass
Date1807
Place MadeEngland
TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved
SizeOverall H: 28 cm, Diam (max): 10 cm
Accession Number50.2.81 A
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Story of English Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. (a) Taper shape -- slender conical body tapering into short neck with narrow flange; cut band of narrow flutes around lower body, tapering panel-flutes on neck; engraved, on one side, "THE LODGE OF FORTITUDE" arching above crossed square and compass enclosing "79" and, on the other, "EAST SMITHFIELD" in arc over "LONDON" above "1807"; polished pontil mark. (b) Flat pear stopper with wide beveled sides.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
Former Collection
Mr. Perret
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