PAIR OF HALF SIZE IRISH DECANTERS

PAIR OF HALF SIZE IRISH DECANTERS

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Incredibly rare pair of half size decanters with three milled neck rings, moulded basal flutes, biscuit stoppers and engraved cross hatch vesica. Almost certainly Cork Glass Co, however, unmarked.

Date 1783 - 1818.

Height with stoppers: 23 cm without stoppers 19 cm.

Base dia: 8.5 cm.

Condition: Very good with no chips, cracks or evidence of any restoration.

Literature:
A comparable pair of marked decanters Irish Glass, Waterford, Cork, Belfast, in the Age of Exuberance by Phelps Warren page 77