decanter
Object NameDecanter with Stopper
Maker
Imperial Glass Corporation
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1953-1954
Place MadeUnited States
SizeOverall H: 34.1 cm, Diam (max): 11 cm
Accession Number94.4.43 A
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; (Aa,Ba) probably blown, possibly pressed, cut, and polished; (Ab,Bb) pressed, cut, and polished. (Aa,Ba) Decanter: slender, pear-shaped. Rim everted, with outer side of lip rounded. Neck cylindrical, splaying toward bottom and merging with wall; base plain, slightly concave, with low foot ring finished by polishing; no pontil mark. Decoration made by cutting and polishing: on neck, band of ten contiguous vertical facets, with rounded ends and tops narrower than bottoms; at bottom of wall, similar band of facets which are short, with rounded ends and tops wider than bottoms. (Ab,Bb) Stopper: solid, with tall biconical knp, short cylindrical stem and tapering bottom; upper and lower parts of knop cut in six contiguous vertical facets, with upper facets curved in vertical profile and splaying slightly at bottom and lower facets rounded at bottom; at junction of each pair of upper and lower facets, small four-sided facet; lower edge of bottom beveled.Provenance
Source
Imperial Glass Corporation
