Decanter and Stopper

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Decanter and Stopper

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

Date1825-1845

DimensionsH (with stopper): 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm); H (without stopper): 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Base Diam: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.91

Not on View

DescriptionDecanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.III-5) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Rayed Type VII.A). Upper portion of neck and flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Rough pontil mark. Capacity: 1 quart. Hollow stopper: blown in a three-piece mold (McKearin no. 2) and cracked off at lower end.

Published ReferencesReferences 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.III-5, p. 254, pl. 92; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 37; p. 273, pl. 114, no. 2; pl. 83, no. 5; p. 244; p. 295.

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. 220, no. 243.