decanter

Object NameDecanter

Maker Keene-Marlboro-St. Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1816-1835

Place MadeUnited States, NH, Keene

TechniqueBlown-molded

SizeOverall H: 18.75 cm; Body Diam (max): 9.5 cm

Accession Number50.4.152

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionDecanter. Bottle glass, dark olive-green; barrel shape, long tapering neck with upward flaring sheared lip; geometric pattern (GIII-16): band of vertical ribbing, one of alternate bulls-eye sunburst (sunburst motif 5) and blocks of diamond diapering, narrow one of diagonal ribbing to right, one of fine vertical ribs, single horizontal rib between bands; base (rayed type VIIA) with band of ribs or rays around large center; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1950-07-31