Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Decanter with stopper
Object name
Decanter with stopper
Date
1840-1870
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
overall (without stopper): 9 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 23.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Colorless cut lead glass decanter with (broken) stopper; flange lip, narrow baluster-shaped neck, and tapering cylindrical body; neck hexagonal, with facets at bulge and separated from body with ring and two steeply sloping steps; body covered in diamond grid with lager diamonds at bottom; sunburst cut beneath base; stopper is inverted cone shape cut with hexagonal pyramid at top, wide band of diamonds, and slight swelling near base; elongated bubble inside stopper.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Webb
Object Number
1954.83cd
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
