Decanter
- Object Name:
- Decanter
- Object ID:
- 1967.552.04 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1770-1779
- Description:
- Decanter with stopper. Colorless blown glass. Tapered body with narrow neck and flat faceted lip. Flat base. Cut fluted band around base. Cut laurel leaf band around center of body. Cut fluted band with round ends extending from neck to shoulder. "EW" engraved in block letters inside a leaf shield cartouche on front of shoulder. Pointed oval stopper with 6 facets and ground bottom. Stopper probably not original.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-12.2 Dia-4.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection, 1967.
Note found in decanter reads, "Belonged to Eleazer Wheelock." Wheeler (1711-1779) was a congregational minister and the first president of Dartmouth College. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Wheelock, Eleazar (1711-1779)
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