Description:
Colorless, bubbly lead glass, mold-blown decanter, which is a type that 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 glassblower 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. This example, often called Baroque, does not follow those cut glass patterns. The conical or sugarloaf-shaped decanter has a circular flat base, tapered neck and flat flared flange, and pressed sunburst-shaped stopper. The body of the decanter is patterned with puffy flutes and scrolls. Squat cylindrical shape curved in to wide molded collar; tall, neck with wide tooled lip, blown in 3-part mold of baroque scroll design (McKearin G V-8), extending below collar are ribs of varied length, 3 pairs of scrolled forms around middle, wide ribs of varied height around base, plain bottom, pontil mark. Stopper: pressed sunburst stopper with tapered ground plug (not original to decanter.)
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