Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Bar Decanter

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Kathryn K. Porter

Object number86.324

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DescriptionBar decanter of blown thick colorless glass. With eight deeply protruding molded pillars. Topped with a stripe of bright blue. So, called hotel, bar, and riverboat glass. With a large, heavy ring at the shoulder. Heavy bar lip. Polished pontil. Broken rib end & chipped blue rim mid-point.

Label TextUnknown American Bar Decanter, ca. 1850 Blown glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Kathryn K. Porter 86.324Published References_McKee Victorian Glass_, (Dover Publications, 1981), pg. 27, 1859/60 Catalog-Called "Pressed Quart R & R Pillar $9.33 per doz". Innes, _Pittsburgh Glass_, pp. 193-201. Bourne, Catalog of ELSHOLZ COLLECTION, Vol. I, sale 12/19/86, #606, almost identical. ANTIQUES MAGAZINE, June 1967, pg. 747, fig. 8, #c.