Decanter
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Co.
(American, 1888-)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850-1870
MediumBlown flint glass
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 x 2 in. (21.6 x 5.1 cm)
Base: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Base: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
InscribedPrice "25" marked in black crayon on bottom.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.4036
Not on view
DescriptionSmall decanter of blown flint colorless glass. Cased with ruby cut to colorless. Pattern on the body and cut lip exactly match a larger Smith Coll. decanter. Bottom ground and a polished pontil with a ray pattern different from that on Smith decanter. Missing stopper. Broken bubble on body. Photographed with a stopper which was not original. See decanter 52.18.18.GAN.Published ReferencesWilson, NEW ENGLAND GLASSMAKERS, p. 330-335; Fauster, LIBBEY GLASS, p. 17 (recorded style in list of objects at NY Crystal Palace 1853-1854).
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