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decanter
decanter

decanter

Object NameDecanter with Stopper
Factory Baltimore Glass Works
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1810-1830
Place MadeUnited States, MD, Baltimore
Techniquemold-blown, tooled, cut, acid-etched, polished
SizeOverall H: 26.1 cm, Diam (max): 13.9 cm
Accession Number2008.4.154
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; mold-blown, tooled, cut, acid-etched, polished. Decanter with bulbous body and an inverted conical neck that narrows to a flared rim. Mushroom shaped stopper sits atop a neck with three collars that gradualy increase in size atop a panel-cut shoulder with a band of horizontal ribs above a band of diamond-point pattern above another band of horizontal ribs ending with a panel-cut band at the base. Acid-etched band just on the interior of the neck and on the shank of the stopper. Polished pontil.
Provenance
Source Lawrence Jessen
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800-999
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about 1800-1820
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about 1800-1820
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Harrach Glasshouse
about 1860