Decanter and Stopper

Place of OriginProbably Europe; possibly United States

Date1790-1820 (decanter and stopper), 1920-1930 (engraving probably added)

DimensionsH (with stopper): 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm); H (without stopper): 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Base Diam: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

MediumDecanter: colorless non-lead glass; stopper: colorless lead glass. Decanter: blown and finished by tooling. Stopper: pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1959.45A-B

Not on View

DescriptionVery short flanged lip. Neck of decanter rough ground to receive stopper. Rough pontil mark. Body engraved with stone wheels with a crudely formed American eagle. Flat, almost circular, stopper: formed in a plier press; end left unfinished. Shank ground to fit neck of a decanter.

Published ReferencesOtto Wittmann, "New Accessions," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer 1960, repr. p. 66.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 58.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, pp. 51-55, repr. p. 55.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 88.

Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 69.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 822, no. 1407.