Hand-Cut Glass Globe Decanter | Silver-Plated Acorn Stopper

Hand-Cut Glass Globe Decanter | Silver-Plated Acorn Stopper

A globe of clear glass, cut to catch the light from every side.

The globe-bodied decanter with a tall, narrow neck is one of the simplest and longest-lived decanter forms. In cut glass, the rounded body gives the cutter a broad, curving surface, so the pattern can be seen from every side.

The body is a broad, rounded globe rising to a tall, narrow neck with a flat, flared rim. The hand-cut decoration is arranged in bands. A row of small oval cuts circles the neck. A band of fine cross-hatched diamond cutting runs around the shoulder, and crossed lines fall from it in arched swags around the body. A radiating star is cut to the base and shows through the glass. Inside the neck, the glass is ground where the stopper sits. The stopper is silver-plated and shaped as an acorn, with a ringed collar above a turned shank.

The decanter is in very good condition, with no chips, cracks or restoration. The silver-plated stopper has some spotting to the plating on its lower shank, where it sits inside the neck.

Key Details

• Maker: unidentified; unmarked
• Form: globe decanter with stopper
• Material: clear hand-cut glass; silver-plated stopper
• Decoration: oval cuts to the neck; cross-hatched diamond band and arched swags to the body; star cut to the base
• Dimensions: diameter 15 cm
• Weight: 794 g (with stopper)
• Condition: very good; no chips, cracks or restoration; some spotting to the plating on the stopper's lower shank
• Buyer profile: someone setting up a drinks tray or sideboard; collector of cut glass; buyer looking for a decanter that reads well on open display

Collector Appeal

The globe form shows the cutting all the way round, so the decanter reads as well on a shelf as on a table. The plated acorn stopper gives the clear glass a point of contrast. It suits a drinks tray or a sideboard.

Clear glass keeps nothing for itself; everything it shows belongs to the light, or to what is poured into it.