Bellflower

Object NamePair of Decanters

Pattern Name

Ribbed Leaf

Maker M'Kee Brothers

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1864-1875

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number2005.4.179

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States, PA, Pittsburgh

Physical Description2 Decanters with Stoppers, “Ribbed Leaf” or “Bellflower” pattern. Colorless lead glass; pressed, tooled and cut. Cylindrical pressed body with a vertically ribbed pattern interspersed with a vine with leaves and bell-shaped flowers; tooled neck, with three rows of cut ovals, tooled, everted rim, neck ground to receive stopper; ground and polished pontil mark on flat base. Matching stopper is hollow, with conical top having cut flutes and solid shank roughly ground.
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