Decanter and Stopper
Manufacturer: New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date: 1876
Dimensions:
H (with stopper): 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.); H (without stopper): 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.); Rim Diam: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); Base Diam: 11.0 cm (4 11/32 in.)
Medium: Colorless glass.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1948.4
DescriptionDecanter: blown and finished by tooling. Shoulder and neck cut with seven flutes. Knop between cut with seven facets. Top and edge of lip cut and polished. Base cut with a twenty-four-pointed star. The engraved inscription on the reverse frames a tall pine tree and on the obverse is enclosed on the sides and below by a copper-wheel-engraved wreath composed of a branch of oak leaves with acorns on the right, joined by a bowknot to a branch of laurel leaves with berries on the left. Stopper: pressed, then the ball top facet-cut; upper part of shank cut with eight flats, and lower part of shank ground and polished to fit the neck.
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