Sunburst Cut Decanter and Stopper

Object Name: 
Sunburst Cut Decanter and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Sunburst Cut Decanter and Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2001.4.16
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.6 cm; (a) Decanter H: 24.9 cm, Diam: 10.1 cm; (b) Stopper H: 9.85 cm, DIam: 3.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1880-1890
Primary Description: 
Sunburst Cut Decanter and Stopper. Colorless lead glass; blown and cut; long tapering neck with smoothly cut top rim, ground and polished on interior for stopper; neck is cut with six vertical panels extending down to tooled shoulder; spherical body is cut with three oval sunbursts, surrounded by diamond with diamond sections in between on shoulders and lower part of body; applied circular foot with cut scalloped edge and cut in sunburst underneath. Stopper has spherical top cut in diamond flutes, and long shank.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
From the Cutter's Wheel, Source
2001-07-24
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass