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An engraved beer decanter and stopper, circa 1765
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An engraved beer decanter and stopper, circa 1765
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Provenance: The Commander A. P. Barrow-Green Collection
Decanters in which the name of the contents was engraved in a cartouche such as this were a specialised form, designed to imitate the earlier silver 'bottle ticket' which hung on a chain around a bottle or decanter. Label decanters such as this are first mentioned in an advertisement by Jonas Phillips in the Norwich Mercury in 1755. A similarly engraved decanter with a different stopper is illustrated by Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004), p. 125, pl. 178. A very similar beer decanter with decoration in white enamel is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, illustrated by R. J. Charleston, English Glass (1984), pl. 41c.
