Decanter with Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper
Accession Number: 
2005.4.179 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 35 cm, Diam (max): 11.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1864-1875
Primary Description: 
Decanter with Stopper, “Ribbed Leaf” or “Bellflower” pattern. Colorless lead glass; pressed, tooled and cut. Cylindrical pressed body with a vertically ribbed pattern interspersed with a vine with leaves and bell-shaped flowers; tooled neck, with three rows of cut ovals, tooled, everted rim, neck ground to receive stopper; ground and polished pontil mark on flat base. Matching stopper is hollow, with conical top having cut flutes and solid shank roughly ground. Stopper does not fit well.
Department: 
Pattern Name: 
Ribbed Leaf
Provenance: 
Green Valley Auction, Source
Green Valley Auctions, September 24, 2005 (2005-09-24) p. 14, #1045; BIB# 89226