Decanter and Stopper
Manufacturer: Probably Brooklyn Flint Glass Works (American, 1823-1868)
Date: 1829-1840
Dimensions:
with stopper: 10 9/16 in. (26.9 cm)
without stopper: 8 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 3 11/16 in. (20.4 × 5.5 × 9.4 cm)
Medium: colorless glass
Place of Origin: probably Brooklyn, New York, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.186A-B
DescriptionColorless glass with a greenish yellow cast.
Decanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.III-2, Type 2) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck and flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Lip appears to be folded outward and under. Rough, solid pontil mark.
Capacity: one quart. Hollow stopper: blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate bearing a rayed pattern (uncharted by McKearin) and cracked off at lower end.
Decanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.III-2, Type 2) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck and flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Lip appears to be folded outward and under. Rough, solid pontil mark.
Capacity: one quart. Hollow stopper: blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate bearing a rayed pattern (uncharted by McKearin) and cracked off at lower end.
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