Mallet shaped body; fluting encircles base; engraved floriate swags with pendant tassels encircle shoulder; fluted neck; faceted everted lip; faceted pear-shaped stopper.
decanters
engraving (printing process)
flint glass
glassblowing
glass (material)
swags
Glass
Blown
Swag
Stipple Engraved
DECANTER
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Ireland; England
10.75 (H) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.968AB
Possibly
Possibly
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