Pair of Decanters

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pair of Decanters
Datec. 1830–1840
Made inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumLead glass
DimensionsEach: 10 × 4 3/8 in. diameter (25.4 × 11.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins in memory of Alice Nicholson Hanszen
Object numberB.98.4.1,.2
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionEach of these decanters features a wheel-engraved eagle adapted from the Great Seal of the United States, and each has a label—one “Gin” and one “Brandy”—emblazoned on the shield suspended from the eagle’s beak.
Provenance[The Stradlings, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
1: Engraved on body: seven stars above spread winged American eagle with olive branch in right talon and arrows in the left and holding in its beak a shield with the legend: BRANDY
2: Engraved on body: seven stars above spread winged American eagle with olive branch in right talon and arrows in the left and holding in its beak a shield with the legend: GIN
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