decanter

Object NameDecanter with Stopper

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1815-1835

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Philadelphia; United States, NY, New York City

TechniqueBlown, cut

Size(Aab) H: 23.6 cm, D: 10.2 cm; (Aa) H: 17.9 cm

Accession Number88.4.5 A

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and cut. (Aa) Decanter with barrel-shaped body with cut and polished neck rim, three applied rings on neck, each cut in a diamond pattern, panel cutting on neck between rings and on shoulder below rings, cut design on body of strawberry diamonds interrupted by two inverted tear-drop shapes and a circle on obverse and reverse, cut panels below to base, ground and polished pontil mark which covers nearly the entire base; (Ab) stopper with hollow spherical stopper cut in a rayed pattern on top and a diamond pattern on sides, "4"scratched on tip.
Provenance

Source Anthony A. P. Stuempfig - 1988-02-05