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

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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Shell and Ribbing Pint Decanter

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1813-1850

MediumMold blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Base: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of duVal Radford and Museum purchase

Object number94.19.28

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 18

DescriptionThis is a colorless mold-blown pint decanter in the shell and ribbing design and a stopper. Cylindrical body with sloping shoulders; vertical, fluted ribbing with band of horizontel shell (McKearin term) motifs around the center of the body; single ring around base of neck; small, slightly uneven lip; plain base; purple in long wave ultraviolet; stopper is not mold-blown and is yellow in long wave ultraviolet; stopper is a later replacement.