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Decanter

Object Name:
Decanter
Object ID:
1922.022.92 a-b
Place of Origin:
United States
Date:
1820-1835
Description:
Decanter with stopper. Clear, colorless glass: Blown-in-mold. Ovoid body, tapering neck, and wide flat lip. Band of vertical ribbing on lower third. Band of alternating sunbursts and diamond diaper around center of body. Band of diagonal ribbing slanting to the left (narrow)around shoulder. Band of vertical ribbing around neck. Base with rough pontil mark and rayed pattern (McKearin type VI-A). Three vertical mold seams.Stopper with spherical top. Diamond diaper band around center; bands of vertical ribbing around top and bottom. McKearin pattern G. III-5.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-10.1 Dia-4.55 inches
Provenance:
Part of large loan by Edward G. Brown. Assumed to belong to Brown, Greenough, and Clough families of Concord and Canterbury, NH.
Credit Line:
On Loan from Edward G. Brown
Subjects:
Diamonds, Diapers, Ribs, Liquor
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