Honeycomb
Object NameHoneycomb Decanter and Stopper
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1845-1870
Place MadeUnited States
TechniquePressed, engraved
SizeOverall H: 32.3 cm, Diam (max): 12.1 cm
Accession Number50.4.421
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass, the Mildred C. Howe Collection
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionHoneycomb Decanter and Stopper. Lead glass, colorless, pressed and engraved; cylindrical body, rounding at shoulders sloping into cylindrical neck with heavy flange; engraved coarse leaf and berry circlet on shoulder, band of four rows of honeycomb facets above plain ring band at bottom; depressed smooth base. Hollow acorn stopper with matching facets on "cup", pinnate leaf circlet on plain end of acorn.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1950-07-31
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