Decanter and Stopper

Image Not Available

Decanter and Stopper

Place of OriginEastern United States

Date1820-1840

DimensionsH (with stopper): 27.2 cm (10 23/32 in.); H (without stopper): 21.35 cm (8 13/32 in.); Rim Diam: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); Base Diam: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.65

Not on View

DescriptionDecanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.I-7, Type 1) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Rayed Type I). Upper portion of neck and flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Interior of neck rough-ground to receive stopper. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: 1 quart. Hollow stopper: blown in a three-piece mold with 18 bold ribs (McKearin no. 29) and cracked off at lower end. Shank rough-ground.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, pl. 52, p. 206.

McKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948; McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.I-7, Type 1, p. 247, pl. 84; p. 293; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 25.

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. 214, no. 226.