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decanter

Object NameSegmented Decanter with 4 Stoppers

Manufacturerprobably Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Enameled Foil

Dateabout 1819

TechniqueBlown, Cut, Encased Enameled Foil

SizeOverall H: 23.4 cm, Diam (max): 12 cm

Accession Number2001.2.8

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Roses in Glass

Place Made

England, probably London

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut, encased enameled foil. The decanter is blown of colorless glass and tooled into four equal compartments. Each is opening into the flat, faceted rim and closed by a cut stopper resembling a feather. The ovoid body has a main register alternating facet-cut and sulphide-decorated panels. The circular foot is deeply cut with a star under the base. A FRENCH LIQEUR DECANTER divided into four departments, each with a cut feather stopper, the lower part enclosing colored enamel incrustation of a dove, a rose, a landscape and St George on horseback, on a ground of relief diamonds, 9".
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