decanter

Object NameDecanter and Stopper

Maker Union Flint Glass Company

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1815-1835

Techniqueblown and cut

SizeH: 24.7 cm, D: 10.9 cm

Accession Number92.4.17

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Place Made

United States, PA, Philadelphia; United States, NY, New York

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and cut. (a) Pear-shape body with wide lip, neck ground and polished on inside, "2" scratched on ground and polished top surface of lip, three rings around neck, cut in diamonds with panels in between on neck, body cut in pattern of S-scrolls filled with diamond waffling; applied flat circular foot with ground and polished surface cut with sunburst underneath. (b) Separate stopper is hollow and spherical, cut with a sunburst on top and S-scrolls around sides, ground and polished shank to fit ground and polished neck of decanter, "2" scratched on underside of shank.
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