Decanter
- Object Name:
- Decanter
- Object ID:
- 1980.040
- Creator:
Ceramicist - Date:
- 1980
- Description:
- Decanter. New Hampshire State Liquor Commission. Wedge-shaped bottle, with round corked cap. Bottle is gray and covered with incised lines to give the impression of rocks and boulders. Rectangular base ring in dark blue. Cylindrical cap in light blue. Images on bottle and cap are screen printed in numerous colors including black, white, blue, gold, green, red, brown and gray.
Object Register:
A.) Bottle. Marked on bottom in raised letters: "FEDERAL DIST. INC. / NO. 2 N.H. / 1980". Underglaze black "S" and "77 [or LL]". On one side seal of NH, with "NEW HAMPSHIRE / 1680 1980 / Highest White Mountains / Peak offers / new tourist mecca"; on opposite side is image of hikers, car on summit road, and picture of cog railway.
B.) Cap. Decorated with panoramic scene of buildings on top of Mt. Washington with text "MT. WASHINGTON", "SHERMAN ADAMS BUILDING", "WORLD OF WONDERS", and "Elevation 6288 Ft.". Marked on bottom: "22" in red. - Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-8.8 W-5.7 D-3.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Jean R. Wallin, Chairman of the New Hampshire State Liquor Commission. Bottle commemorates the construction of the Sherman Adams Building on the summit of Mt. Washington.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jean R. Wallin, Chairman, New Hampshire State Liquor Commission
- Subjects:
- Bottles, Boulders, Cog railroads, Cog Railway, Decanters, Hiking, Mount Washington, Roads, Mountain, Rocks, State seal (NH)
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