Decanter and Stopper in "Honeycomb" Pattern

Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper in "Honeycomb" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Decanter and Stopper in "Honeycomb" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably New England
Accession Number: 
50.4.420
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 32.6 cm, Diam (max): 11.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1860-1880
Primary Description: 
Honeycomb Decanter and Stopper. Non-lead glass, colorless, heavy; pressed; taper-shape body with ten graduated rows of honeycomb facets, and, at top extending on the neck, long flute facets, thick ten-sided flange; plain base with ground and polished pontil mark. Matching hollow, inverted-cone stopper, plain top with ground and polished pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Honeycomb
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
polishing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Glass, the Mildred C. Howe Collection
Venue(s)
Valentine Museum 1971-10-23 through 1971-11-21

Publications (3)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) illustrated, pl. 102, third from left; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 252, #996; BIB# 30457
Glass, the Mildred C. Howes collection (1971) illustrated, p. 22 (#60); BIB# 30149