New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Decanter With Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)

CultureAmerican

Dateca.1830-1850

MediumBlown glass | Flint glass

DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Base: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

InscribedDecanter is marked outside: "19". No mark on stopper.

Credit LineBequest of Florence L. Smith

Object number52.18.83

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 1, Section 1 Sh3

DescriptionDecanter and stopper. Pint decanter of blown, colorless, flint glass. Wide lip and a triple ring neck. Cut with twelve panels running from shoulder to one inch down the sides and twelve at the base 1.5" high. Inside neck ground for stopper. Rim is chipped, cracks in rings, minor flakes on base. Steeple stopper. Eight sided. Tip is broken and ground and then chipped again. While the stopper may be a replacement, it fits perfectly and floresces the same ice blue as the decanter in long wave ultraviolet, an unusual occurence. See also 12 panel pitcher 52.18.45.

Published ReferencesWatkins, _Cambridge Glass_, pl. 22.