Decanter and Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Boston
Accession Number: 
50.4.138
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 27.5 cm; Body Diam (max): 12.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1825-1830
Primary Description: 
Decanter and Stopper. Lead glass, colorless; blown-molded; barrel shape, sloping shoulder, molded collar rib at base of plain tapering neck with flanged lip; Arch-and-Fern with snake medallion (GIV-7) pattern having "RUM" in medallion. Hollow swirl-ribbed cushion stopper with sunburst top.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown three-mold glass
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
RUM
inscription
: 
Pressed Body, within medallion

Publications (4)

The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018) illustrated, p. 222;
Glass: A Short History (Smithsonian Books edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 92; BIB# 130360
Glass: A Short History (The British Museum edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 92, lower; BIB# 135965
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) illustrated, pl. 103, third from left; BIB# 22048