Decanter with stopper

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Decanter with stopper

Place of OriginEngland

Dateabout 1680

DimensionsH: 28.4 cm (11 3/8 in.)

MediumColorless lead glass; blown, applied, tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1948.223A-B

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

Label TextThe ability of lead glass to bend light, causing the vessel to sparkle—especially when faceted— was only tentatively explored by the early English glasshouses, whose decorating techniques for luxury glass were still deeply rooted in Venetian traditions. The elegant decanter with hollow blown stopper has mold-blown ribbing and applied decorations with a softer appearance than Venetian soda-lime glass.Published ReferencesHutton, William, "European Glass in the Museum Collection," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 1963 (also published as European Glass), p. 16, repr. p. 18.

Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass, A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, 1969, repr. p. 62.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 118-119, repr. (col.) fig. 48C, p. 119.