Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Decanter with stopper
Object name
Decanter with stopper
Date
1790-1830
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 x 4 in. ( 24.1 x 10.2 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
Object Number
1911.67a
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