Decanter and Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper
Accession Number: 
91.4.75 A
Dimensions: 
H: 28.7 cm, Diam: 11.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1851-1855
Credit Line: 
Gift of Sara Stedman Russell in memory of Barbara Hall Stedman
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. (Aa) Cylindrical body, long neck, flat collar at top, shaped by cutting; neck with three applied rings, body cut in flat panels and engraved with vintage motif, one lower panel engraved with "John/H/Leighton," cut star on base.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Hall, Isabel Leighton, Former Collection
Stedman, Barbara Hall, Former Collection
Russell, Sara Stedman (Mrs. Theodore E.), Source
1991-12-24
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