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<p>[QUOTE="MT Vessel, post: 4267088, member: 17506"]Unfortunately I cannot help you specifically with your decanter and could find nothing remotely similar on the internet. However, it is clearly a high quality piece of hand cut lead glass or ‘crystal’, perhaps dating to the Art Deco period circa 1920s ~30s. Presumably it is Continental glass, perhaps Scandinavian. Sometimes that concave lens-like cutting is called ‘optic cut’, as in an optic cut decanter. That term might include prismatic cutting too but certainly cutting with optical effects such as yours. Note the decorative theme which has something in common with the Chrysler building.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you can find a stopper of shorter, simpler form, from a similar period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MT Vessel, post: 4267088, member: 17506"]Unfortunately I cannot help you specifically with your decanter and could find nothing remotely similar on the internet. However, it is clearly a high quality piece of hand cut lead glass or ‘crystal’, perhaps dating to the Art Deco period circa 1920s ~30s. Presumably it is Continental glass, perhaps Scandinavian. Sometimes that concave lens-like cutting is called ‘optic cut’, as in an optic cut decanter. That term might include prismatic cutting too but certainly cutting with optical effects such as yours. Note the decorative theme which has something in common with the Chrysler building. I hope you can find a stopper of shorter, simpler form, from a similar period.[/QUOTE]
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