Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Decanter with stopper
Object name
Decanter with stopper
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 4 in. ( 25.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass decanter blown in three-part mold (McKearin GIII-15); bulbous body with flange lip, cylindrical neck, and sloping shoulders; molded pattern consists of a band of vertical ribs separated by a horizontal ring from a band of diagonal ribs; three repeat patterns of sunburst around concentric circles and diamond diapering; vertical ribbing around base; rayed bottom (McKearin Rayed type VIIA); pontil mark; stopper has sunburst at top, band of diamond diapering, and vertical ribs around bottom (McKearin plate 144, no. 3).
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1938.58ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
