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Object NameMasonic Decanter with Stopper
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1820-1850
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueFree-blown, cut, applied
Size1 quart
Accession Number50.4.264
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass, the Mildred C. Howe Collection
Masonic Symbols in American Decorative Arts
Not On View
Physical DescriptionMasonic Decanter with Stopper. Lead glass, colorless; free-blown and cut; semi-barrel shape with ground and polished pontil mark on base and with short neck tapering to wide flange; three applied triple-ring collars (annulated neck rings); cut decoration of four finely diamond cross-hatched Masonic Pillars and wide round arches with square and compass under one, eight-pointed star under three, two chevron slices in spandrels, lunar-slice band (two rows) on shoulder. Fitted with pressed wheel stopper, large waffle-dot center.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1940-1950-07-31
Purchased in Ohio, U.S.A., 1940.
Purchased in Ohio, U.S.A., 1940.
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