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Decanter with stopper

1790–1830
Place madeUnited Kingdom
Glass
Overall: 11 in. × 4 1/2 in. (27.9 × 11.4 cm)
Bequest of Catharine Augusta De Peyster
1911.67d
ClassificationsGLASS
DescriptionColorless (with a purple-gray tint) blown and cut lead glass decanter with pressed glass stopper; bulbous form with sloping shoulders, tapered neck, flanged lip, and flat base with pontil mark; cut with flutes on neck, shoulders, and at base, 3 cut vertical bands on neck, and engraved band on body of alternating feather and branch motifs within two horizontal lines with saw-tooth decoration; pressed disk stopper with cut bull's eye.