decanter

Object NameDecanter

Maker Mount Vernon Glass Works

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Dateabout 1815-1835

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Vernon

TechniqueBlown-molded

SizeOverall H: 22.5 cm; Body Diam (max): 12.1 cm

Accession Number50.4.187

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Loan exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture & glass; for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, inc.

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionDecanter. Non-lead glass, deep yellow-green; blown-molded; barrel body, molded collar-rib at base of short cylindrical neck, wide flanged mouth; geometric pattern (GI-29): on body, band of pillar ribs between horizontal ribs, fan flutes on shoulder, and, on base, heavy rays to depressed center; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1928-1950-07-31
Purchased in Utica, New York, U.S.A. in 1928.