Decanter and Stopper

Place of OriginProbably English

DateLate nineteenth to early twentieth century

DimensionsH (with stopper): 9 1/32 in. (22.9 cm); H (without stopper): 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 17/32 in. (3.9 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/32 in. (7.85 cm)

MediumGlass; blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.74A-B

Not on View

DescriptionClear green glass of low lead content and light weight. Decanter: blown and finished by tooling. Slightly rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: 1 pint. Stopper: blown and finished by tooling. Cracked off blowpipe, leaving bottom open.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 171, repr. pl. 60, no. 9.

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. 797, no. 1355.

Exhibition HistoryAmerican Art Galleries, New York, Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition, 1929, no. 135.