Decanter

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Decanter

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1175.1-.2A-B

Description

Pair of Anglo-Irish cut lead glass decanters. Each with round base narrowing into neck, cut with blades and linear and rounded forms, opening is petal-like, each has disk-shaped stopper.

Made/Created

Date made

1790 - 1810

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Diameter

5-1/4 in

Material

Glass

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Mary H. Shoemaker "Bought at the sale of the Billinger House" Donated by Mary H. Shoemaker, Nov. 13, 1938.