Decanter Yale University Art Gallery

1820–30

Medium: Blown and cut lead glass
Dimensions: Overall, with stopper: 10 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (26.99 × 12.38 cm)
decanter: 8 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (20.96 × 12.38 cm)
stopper: 3 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (9.21 × 6.03 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of M. Lelyn Branin, GRD 1927
Accession Number: 1991.17.9
Geography: Possibly made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Containers
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 94–95, no. 48

Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 260–62, no. 150, ill.

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