2 Decanters with Stoppers

Object Name: 
2 Decanters with Stoppers

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Object Name: 
2 Decanters with Stoppers
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
probably United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
83.4.161
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1877
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Wyckoff, Jr.
Primary Description: 
2 Decanters with Stoppers. Colorless lead glass; blown, tooled, engraved. Ovoid shape body, long narrow neck, high pouring spout with handle opposite; neck cut with diamond facets; body engraved with depiction of a three car train: coal burning engine with "18" on the pressure dome, "BEAVER" under the window; coal tender marked "F.B.C.CO." and passenger car labeled "WAGNER'S DRAWING ROOM CAR" above windows and "DUTCHESS" on door; monogram of entwined "JGM" below train; inscription in script on opposite side: "Corning, NY Dec 10th 1877," round flat foot cut underneath with sunburst. (b) Ball shape, facet cut on top, long shoulder.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Wyckoff, George M., Jr., Source
1983-12-31
Wyckoff, Mrs. George M., Jr., Source
1983-12-31
Magee, George J., Former Collection
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
cutting
engraving
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (3)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 26 (1984) illustrated, pp. 144-145, #24; BIB# AI13534
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1983 (1984) illustrated, pp. 6, 13; BIB# AI97139
The Complete Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning (1979) illustrated, fig. 478, pp. 137-138; BIB# 28811

Objects in Set (2)

Decanter and Stopper
Artist:Hoare & Dailey
Date:about 1877
Accession Number:83.4.161 A
Decanter and Stopper
Artist:Hoare & Dailey
Date:about 1877
Accession Number:83.4.161 B