Featured Victorian glass decanter?

I've been half way round the world today and pickings have been pretty slim. I grabbed this on the way though. I thought the cut of the glass looks bohemian but Google is telling me Victorian. I'm not sure if the stopper is right. It fits okay and matches in style but doesn't really lock with friction. Also it looks like a slightly different tone to the decanter. It looks completely clear whereas the decanter has a slightly smoky hue. Similar examples online have a more ovoid stopper.

 

That’s a Georgian three ring decanter with a later stopper. The originals were different, sometimes flat. It’s also too small.

 

Ooh lovely. Thanks. I never expected it to be that old. Just need to find a suitable stopper now.

 

Well, I've kind of avoided glass items until recently. I know what you mean about decanters though. I have four now. Some of the better ones have sold. Anything with a sterling collar shifts quite well. I also had an amber one which glowed under UV. That shifted too. I've started buying glasses recently. I've always thought that items with utility are more desirable than those with ornamental properties. My mate asked me to get him some thick wine glasses so I did and he didn't like them. So I I listed them on ebay and they went in two days. Soooo I've been stocking up.

This caught my eye though as it looks different to most decanters I've seen. If you want to send me a Georgian stopper I won't complain

 

I actually saw a box of stoppers in my local charity shop a couple of years ago. I nearly bought them and wish I had now. But I just thought I didn't need any more stuff that 'might come in handy one day'.i thought about getting display cases too but again.... Too much.

 

@daveydempsey with the amount of alcohol my husband gets as gifts, I can open a bar & wine bar!

 

@daveydempsey, THAT'S STILL a BEAUTIFUL collection you've got there!!!

 

I had a lot of tags when I was collecting British Sterling....... used a few and sold off the rest.......... guess I should have held on to most........ but really, who's that smart........ to know the future ??
Never in my wildest dreams did I consider that today gold would be $4,180 .00 can.

 

Yeah should have bought in the 80s and held. Still it's not too late. It's still going up and will for evermore. You can buy at 20x leverage if you're brave or 100x if crazy.

 

Wait...this kind of connects with the post about what we collect. I didn't realize I also have a bunch of decanters. Somewhere I have three tags but don't remembe where I stashed them. LOL. I am using a few of them now. The dark brown liqueur in front is made from green walnuts. It sort of tastes like port.

 

I've just bought another decanter. Aaargh. It is similar to the one I posted earlier with hoops around the neck, although smaller.

Liqueur sounds lovely. Like amaretto perhaps?

 

I always buy odd stoppers.

The proper term for those tags is decanter tickets. Or decanter labels. I had a silver plate one which simply said Reading. Rare as hens teeth.

oh, and Andy McConnell has written definitive books on decanters.

 

We have black walnut trees. I read Martin Walker's series about Bruno, Chief of Police in Perigord France. Martin's wife writes for a food magazine and many recipes are included in the book. One of the local specialties is Vin de Noix, walnut liqueur. I made a batch a couple of years ago. It's kind of an acquired taste because it has that nuttiness from the walnuts. I still have a five gallon jug that seems to get better with age. . The two green liqueurs are made from pistachios, one clear and one creamy. I brought them back from Sicily. The other two are Laphroiag and Oban.

 

I have one decanter. with the stopper It is from Culver with the gold and green motif. I think it is Valencia.

I know I have some liquor tags around here somewhere... but where are they hiding? I have sold some in the past.

 

Oooh sounds nice to me. Have you ever made sloe gin? Well worth a try. I have tried but I tend to drink it before it's ready

 

Here is one of mine, picked up at a thrift a few weeks ago. The rest are at our other house. Top is taped on even though we have it out, to avoid the friendly visitor picking it up, “cool bottle”, stopper crashes to floor.

Strangely when I found it, the wrong stopper was in it. Went through all the glass in the store until I found a plain later carafe that had the correct stopper for this one. Clearly they had come in together, and carelessly switched. They allowed them to be switched back “oh, yeah, that fits much better”.

Based on what I see on eBay, there are a lot of these floating around especially without stoppers. Be aware that the stoppers were custom fitted by grinding, and not a standard size. So it may take some time to find a correct and proper replacement.

How tall are yours? Either the pic of your hand is misleading, or they look very small. This one is 10-1/2” or 27cm including stopper, about 4-1/2” in diameter. Does anyone know how size affects desirability, if it does?

 

I never thought to check the rest of the shop for alternative stoppers. I guess they get broken quite often though. "One for the road Sheridan?" "Why not? Let's get squiffy!"

Not sure if you're referring to mine, as I've only posted one and you referred to they? Mine is 23.5cm sans stopper, so about the same as yours really. I have hands like shovels.