decanter

Object NameDecanter and Stopper

Maker New England Glass Company (1818-1878)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1851-1855

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Cambridge

TechniqueBlown, engraved

Size(a&b) H: 23.3 cm, (a) H: 19 cm, diam (base): 8.3 cm; (b) H: 7.3 cm

Accession Number73.4.22

Credit LineGift of Miss Marion Pike

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

New England Glass Company, 1818-1888

Cut Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass

The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning, 1868-1940

Libbey Glass, A Tradition of 150 Years

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. (a) Cylindrical shape body; large flat collar, three applied rings on neck; sloping shoulder with ten cut facets; slightly bulbous sides with ten cut, arched panels at the top and the same below, reversed (each panel is copper-wheel engraved with flowers and leaves except for one in the bottom register with "John/H/Leighton"); flat, ten-sided base with ground and polished pontil mark and scar in the center. (b) Octagonal shape, polished, flat top cut with a sixteen-pointed star, engraved flowers on sides.
Provenance

Source Marion Pike