Decanter with Stopper

Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
United States, PA, White Mills
Accession Number: 
63.4.19
Dimensions: 
H(with stopper): 33.1 cm, (without stopper): 25.6 cm, W(body): 13.5 cm; H(of stopper): 15 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1904-1920
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. John Sinclaire
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. Pear-shaped body, applied handle opposite pouring lip; deeply cut into pillars or lobes, each engraved with different bird or insect and flower; eight-scalloped foot, also engraved; strawberry shaped stopper cut and engraved to match. Signed (S) at base of handle and on stopper.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Sinclaire, Mrs. John, Source
Sinclaire, H. P., Sr., Former Collection
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
engraving
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (2)

Roses in Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-03-21 through 2002-09-23
The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning, 1868-1940
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1977-04 through 1977-10
Toledo Museum of Art 1977-11 through 1978-02
 

Publications (3)

The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018) illustrated, p. 277 (fig. 4);
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 97; BIB# 22048
The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning 1868-1940 (1977) illustrated, p. 52, 56, 92, fig. 60, cat. #76; BIB# 28368