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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Rayed Type VI Quart Decanter
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Rayed Type VI Quart Decanter

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1813-1850
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. (25.7 x 10.8 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of duVal Radford and Museum purchase
Object number94.19.89
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a blown three mold colorless quart decanter. It has a semi-barrel body with sloping shoulder; #3 stopper; #27 base; without 3 double rigaree ring; inside of neck is not ground to fit stopper.;

ProvenanceBequest of duVal Radford and Museum Purchase; Newton, August 30, 1985; Published ReferencesGeorge S. and Helen McKearin, _American Glass_ (New York: Crown Publishers, 1948), 294, pl. 109.