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Decanter Set

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1875-1899

GUSN

GUSN-68874

Description

Boxed; metal/oak caddy, 3 decanters with stoppers; locked

Details

Descriptive Terms

tantaluses
cutting (dividing)
glass (material)
oak (wood)
steel (alloy)
velvet (fabric weave)
Glass
Cut
Steel
Oak
Velvet
TANTALUS

Associated Person

Smith, Fanny

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Betjemann (Maker)

Location of Origin

London, England

Dimensions

8 x 10.25 x 4.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.1314

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