Decanter
Manufacturer: Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)
Date: 1830-1840
Dimensions:
with stopper: 9 × 1 5/8 × 3 1/16 in. (22.9 × 4.1 × 7.7 cm)
without stopper: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Medium: lead glass
Place of Origin: Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.247
DescriptionSapphire-blue lead glass; blown in a full-size mold.
Decanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.V-8) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck and flange lips sheared and tooled to shape. Base with irregular bumps around edge and elsewhere. Interior of neck rough-ground to receive stopper. Rough, solid pontil mark.
Capacity: one pint.
Stopper: blown and patterned in a one-piece part-size mold with 16 ribs and cracked off at bottom end. The shank has an open end and is rough-ground.
Decanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.V-8) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck and flange lips sheared and tooled to shape. Base with irregular bumps around edge and elsewhere. Interior of neck rough-ground to receive stopper. Rough, solid pontil mark.
Capacity: one pint.
Stopper: blown and patterned in a one-piece part-size mold with 16 ribs and cracked off at bottom end. The shank has an open end and is rough-ground.
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