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Decanter

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-2494

Description

Clear blown glass decanter of neo-classical style, with a cut fluting to the neck and base. It has etched decorative swags and tassles around the middle and a fluted 5-pointed stopper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

decanters
glassblowing
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
fluting
glass (material)
fluting
Neoclassical
Glass
Blown
Etched
Fluted
Neoclassical
DECANTER

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.520A,B

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

8.75 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.520AB

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