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Decanter
1765-1775
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1976.0165 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Charles E. Merrill Trust for the Purchase of English Objects
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Object Number
1976.0165 A, B
Object Name
Decanter
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1765-1775
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Side
Inscription: Wheel-engraved "MADEIRA"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Wheel-engraved
- Facet cut
Dimensions (inches)
11.309 (H) x 4.327 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
28.725 (H) x 10.99 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: p. 127, no. 83, 1765-75 with good American period references.Catalogue: Sotheby Parke Bernet (Auction catalogue).
• Sold at auction: 07/12/2976, lot 91, "English and Continental Glass and Glass Paperweights"Book: Smith, Frederick H. 2008 The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking.
• Different shape English glass decanter with "MADEIRA" engraved wine label and floral elements, excavated at Wetherburn Tavern, Williamsburg, VA: p. 84, fig. 5-6, c. 1760Book: McConnell, Andy. 2004 The Decanter: An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650. 575.
• Different shape English glass decanter with "MADEIRA" engraved wine label and floral elements, excavated at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Virginia: p. 126, pl. 180, c. 1765Book: McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Decanter fragment with closely-related grapevine engraving excavated in Canada: p. 80, fig. 52, excavated at Fort Beausejour, New BrunswickBook: Noel Hume, Ivor. 1969 Archaeology and Wetherburn's Tavern.
• Decanter fragment excavated at Wetherburn's Tavern, Williamsburg, VA, with similar inscription and approach to ornament: p. 37, figure 27, c. 1760. Different form decanter.