Decanter with stopper

Decanter with stopper
Object name 
Decanter with stopper
Date 
1790-1830
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 11 x 4 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description 
Colorless (with a purple-gray tint) blown and cut lead glass decanter with pressed glass stopper; bulbous form with sloping shoulders, tapered neck, flanged lip, and flat base with pontil mark; cut with flutes on neck, shoulders, and at base, 3 cut vertical bands on neck, and engraved band on body of alternating feather and branch motifs within two horizontal lines with saw-tooth decoration; pressed disk stopper with cut bull's eye.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster