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Maker(s):unknown
Culture:Irish or English
Title:decanter
Date Made:1790-1820
Type:Food Service
Materials:colorless lead glass
Place Made:Europe; probably Ireland; possibly England
Accession Number:  HD 2015.36.31
Credit Line:Anonymous bequest
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
The form of this decanter, the style of the molded decoration and the slightly raised circular area in the center of the concave base, typical of Belfast and Cork, point to an Irish origin. Colorless lead glass decanter in a Prussian shape, mold blown and patterned in a full size dip mold with veritcal indentations near the base, freeblown body, neck, and flat lip, ground interior to the spout to receive a stopper, pontil mark on bottom of decanter, slight kick to the base, stopper is hand pressed in a circular starburst shape with a central circle surrounded by ribs with a ground stopper base. Stopper not original to the decanter. Irish or English in origin.

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