Description:
Colorless lead glass, conical-shaped decanter blown into a multiple part pattern mold, with a blown ball-shaped stopper, tapered neck and flat flared flange, and circular flat base with a broken pontil mark. This type of decanter was made in the early 19th century in America. The technology of blowing glass into patterned molds was brought to America from Bristol, England by glass blower, Thomas Cains. Cains emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked for the Phoenix Glass Works and the South Boston Glass Works. Collectors of American glass commonly call this type of glass, "Blown Three Mold" glass given the fact that many of these objects were blown into a mold of three or more hinged parts. The patterns of blown three mold glass commonly imitate more expensive Anglo-Irish cut glass patterns. The stopper is patterned with a sunburst and band of diamonds. The decanter is pattern molded with flutes, and an alternating band of sunbursts and diamond diapering; the base has vertical flutes and a sunburst molding.
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