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decanter

Object NameDecanter with Stopper
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1801-1900
Place MadeBohemia
TechniqueFree-blown, cased, cut
Size(a&b) H: 25.7 cm; (a) H: 19.4 cm; D (rim): 4.4 cm, (max.)(body): 8.4 cm
Accession Number54.3.47
Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear and transparent blue heavy glass with few bubbles; free- blown, cased and cut. (a) Pear-shaped body with slender cylindrical, at top hexagonal neck, interrupted by a flat knop, blue plate-like, scalloped rim; (b) almost cylindrical stopper curving to the finial consisting of a knop and a rectangular obelisk-shaped top with enclosed "tear"; heavy cutting through the blue overlay, covering body and finial of stopper with a geometric overall-pattern: six-pointed star at base, almonds, medallions, flutes and panels on body and finial.
Provenance
Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01