Decanter with Stopper

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Decanter with Stopper

Manufacturer Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH (with stopper): 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm); H (without stopper): 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 29/32 in. (4.8 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.70A-B

Not on View

DescriptionDecanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.V-8) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. 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 (McKearin no. 16) and cracked off at lower end. Shank rough-ground.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, "Three Mold," pp. 78-81, fig. 5.

McKearin, decanter: G.V-8, p. 259, pl. 98; p. 297; p. 273, pl. 114, no. 16; pl. 116, no. 2; stopper: p. 273, pl. 114, no. 16.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, pp. 271-272, fig. 229.

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. 222, no. 249.