Decanter and Stopper

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1855-1870

DimensionsH (with stopper): 14 in. (35.6 cm); H (without stopper): 10 in. (25.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Base Diam: 3 31/32 in. (10.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.49A-B

Not on View

DescriptionDecanter: pressed, probably upright, in a female mold, probably of two vertical sections in the form of a cylinder bearing the Reeded pattern with a plain section above, with a plain base plate that formed the base, by a plain cylindrical male plunger. The plain upper section reheated and tooled to form the neck and heavy flange lip. Polished pontil mark. The interior of the neck rough ground to receive a stopper. Capacity: 1 quart. Solid stopper: pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the Reeded pattern with a plain cylindrical top above that was closed by tooling. Top of the stopper cut and polished; lower end rough ground to fit the neck of the decanter.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pp. 112-115 (fine-rib pattern), form no. 12b2, pl. 27, bottom right (goblet); pl. 36, row 2, left (goblet).

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. 486, no. 800.