Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Decanter with stopper
Object Number:
1953.467ab
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 3 in. ( 18.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass small decanter blown in three-part mold (McKearin GIII-15); bulbous body with flange lip, cylindrical neck with two double rigaree rings, and sloping shoulders; molded pattern consists of a band of vertical ribs separated by a horizontal ring from a band of diagonal ribs; three repeat patterns of sunburst around concentric circles and diamond diapering; vertical ribbing around base; rayed bottom (McKearin Rayed type VIIA); pontil mark; wheel-shaped stopper with circular indentation at center and rays around outside (McKearin plate 144, no. 21 or 24).
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
