Decanter and Stopper
Manufacturer: Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works (American, 1814-1841)
Date: 1815-1817
Dimensions:
H (with stopper): 23.1 cm (9 3/32 in.); H (without stopper): 20.4 cm (8 1/32 in.); Rim Diam: 6.0 cm (2 3/8 in.); Base L: 8.5 cm (3 11/32 in.); Base W: 8.3 cm (3 9/32 in.)
Medium: Dark blue-green lead glass.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1959.58
DescriptionDecanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.II-28), probably of two vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck and lip sheared and tooled to shape. Interior of neck rough-ground to receive stopper. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: 1 quart. Mushroom stopper: pressed in plier press, after which a gather was attached to its underside. Slightly ground to fit.
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