FIVE ENGLISH BLUE-GLASS SPIRIT DECANTERS AND STOPPERS
FIVE ENGLISH BLUE-GLASS SPIRIT DECANTERS AND STOPPERS

CIRCA 1800-1810

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FIVE ENGLISH BLUE-GLASS SPIRIT DECANTERS AND STOPPERS
CIRCA 1800-1810
Of barrel form with ball stoppers, comprising: a set of three named for BRANDY, HOLLANDS and RUM within oval cartouches between horizontal bands, and a pair named for Brandy and Hollands within octagonal ribbon-tied cartouches; together with two later ship's decanters, one with rubbed inscription for WHISKEY, the other with replacement metal stopper engraved with RUM
3¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high (7)

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Lot Essay

See Andy McConnell, The Decanter, An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650, (Woodbridge, 2004), p. 221, pl. 315 for a similar example to the set of three, named for Whiskey.

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