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Glassware Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
A Mid 19th century Bristol Blue Prussian form decanter.
WMLMT Classification:- Decanter
Description
"Date: Mid 19th century.
Origin: Bristol.
Style: A Prussian form decanter flashed in deep blue and heavily cut with two pillars ( unable to decipher the two different types but presume that on the right represents Jachin and the other is Boaz) supporting an archway with a key stone under which are a sun with a face, a moon with a face, a partly obscured all seeing eye, seven stars, a square and compasses, two pens in saltire, and two keys in saltire. Verso there are three thistles in flower with branches and leaves; in the middle there are what appear to be three stylised flower heads of three sections on stems with leaves; to the left (and all are connected at the base) is a flowering and trailing rose with some in bud stems and leaves. To the neck there are two finely applied rings each being ribbed. Between the rings and above the top one up to the flat everted lip is a series of finely cut vertical panels. With stopper. The mouth is 4.7 cm from the rim edge.
Stopper: Flat mushroom style deeply star cut on the flat top having a diameter of 5.5cm. Pannel cuts underneath leading to the peg which has been ground to fit the smooth neck leaving a frosted finish. The peg end is ground flat and polished. It is the original stopper."
Properties
"Glass: Clear soda flashed in deep blue. Height: 23cm. Base: Wearing edge 1cm wide. Base 10cm wide.
Pontil: Ground out.
Weight: 825 grams with stopper.
Condition: Very good. Some surface scratches from use to the body. A few glass impurities on the surface and wear to the base commensurate with use and age. There is a manufacturing blick in the mouth of the spout or may be a bruise from when the stopper has been put in during use. The stopper does have one small sliver 0.6cm missing on the flat end of the peg. No repairs."
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