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Decanter

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1810

GUSN

GUSN-5716

Description

Quart size; mallet shaped body; narrow flutes encircle base; broad flutes encircle shoulder; three applied rings at neck; everted lip; hemispherical stopper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

decanters
flint glass
glassblowing
glass (material)
Glass
Blown
DECANTER

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Ireland; England

Dimensions

9.75 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.969.1AB

Places

Possibly
Possibly

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