Possible maker
Brooklyn Glass Works
(active 1823 - 1868)
Related person
Abigail Cornell Corse
(1776 - 1854)
Related person
Angeline Corse Evans
(1847 – 1909)
Decanter with stopper
mid-nineteenth century
Place made, possiblyNorth America
Place made, possiblyEngland
Glass
Overall: 8 3/4 x 3 in. ( 22.2 x 7.6 cm )
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
1936.696ab
According to the accession records, this object belonged to either Abigail Cornell (1766-1854) who married Israel Corse in 1810, or to Angeline Burr, wife of Morris Ketchum (1796-1880).
DescriptionColorless cut lead glass decanter with stopper; compressed mallet-shaped body with cylindrical neck with three applied rings and wide flared lip; body cut with strawberry diamonds, rings cut with facets, lip cut with scallops, bottom cut with rays; mushroom-form stopper with knop below cut with rays and facets.ClassificationsGLASS
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