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Decanter with Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Bulbous lightly blown body, 2 neck rings-knotched, everted lip, row of everted lip, row of faint molded vertical fluting bottom of sides, above engraved with a rose, thistle and shamrock; target-shaped stopper with waffle pattern; pontil mark surrounded by makers mark (faint) and light fluting to edges.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
ca. 1800
Credit Line
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren
Medium
Cut and engraved blown glass
Dimensions
H x diam.: 16.2 x 10.5 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Type
glasswares
Decorative Arts
Object Name
decanter
Type
decanter

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