Whiskey urn
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureBohemian
Dateearly 20th century
MediumGlass | Metal | Wood
DimensionsOverall: 24 in. (61 cm)
Base: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Base: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.7694
Not on view
DescriptionBlown colorless non-lead. Urn has a dome foot, knop stem, baluster-form bowl with metal faucet screwed into wood plug in side; engraved with eagle and spray on front, spray on back and stars and dots on foot. Lid is tall cut prism finail on faceted knop, domed lid panel cut and engraved. Fair condition, but altered. Finial on lid probably cut down, engraved eagle and sprays probably late additions; engraving "D. Jarvis" and "Boston, MA" on metal faucet added at a later date.Published ReferencesPerhaps identical to vessel illustrated in photo of Toronto dealer Bob Grey's booth called "Circa 1910 Mitchell's Old Heather Scotch Whiskey glass decanter" in August 1985 MAINE ANTIQUE DIGEST, p. 26-D; Similar urn on shelf in photo of Price Alfred Pub, London, see Mark Girouard, SWEETNESS AND LIGHT: THE QUEEN ANNE MOVEMENT, p. 206.
Unknown
late 17th - early 18th century
