Decanter and Stopper

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Decanter and Stopper

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

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH (with stopper): 10 21/32 in. (27.1 cm); H (without stopper): 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm); Base Diam: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.89A-B

Not on View

DescriptionDecanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.IV-7) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Rayed and Ringed Type II). Neck and flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Interior of neck rough-ground to receive a stopper. Rough pontil mark. Capacity: 1 quart. Hollow stopper: blown in a three-piece mold (McKearin no. 2) and cracked off at lower end. Shank not ground.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, Helen, "Blown Three-Mold Fragments Excavated at Sandwich," Antiques, vol. 35, May 1939, pp. 240-243 (Reprint 1, pp. 168-171), pp. 240-243, no. 20.

References to glass classifications established in 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.IV-7, p. 258, pl. 97; p. 297; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 34; pl. 104, no. 4; p. 273, pl. 114, no. 2.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 271, fig. 228.

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. 247.