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Description, References and Size

This is a large decanter with flutted cutting to the base of the body, panel cut shoulders running up the lip, with gaps in the cutting to give the appearance of four neck rings. The stopper is a cut bullseye. Made circa 1815.

This is a monster decanter and I am not sure what shape you would call it. It is not that much larger than other decanters it is just that it doesn't have a neck as such and just tapers inwards, which makes it look so much more bulky.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 257

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Height: 11 inches

Width: 4.5 inches

This is a Prussian shaped decanter with a vertically sliced cut body with the slices running up between the three neck rings. The neck rings are applied with the first being on the shoulder of the decanter and them all being shallower than is normal practice. It also has a solid ball vertically slice cut stopper that is in keeping with the cutting to the body and neck fo the decanter. Made circa. 1820

This is a quite heavy decanter that with the amount of cutting it has was probably quite expensive at the time of manufacture. Whilst being quite solid and practical, this type of decanter does not seem to be as sought after as many other styles of Georgian decanter and can often be bought quite cheaply. They often don't seem to have the original stopper as this one does.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 262

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Reference: English Scottish & Irish Table Glass, G Bernard Hughes, page 303

Height: 12 inches

Width: 4 inches

This is a Regency pillar cut barrel shaped decanter c.1820-30. It has a star cut base, with tapered pillar cut to the body, panel cut shoulders and four faux rings cut into the neck. The stopper is a solid with pillar cutting to match the body of the decanter.

Cutting and polishing the rounded shapes required for pillar cutting was time consuming and expensive, consequently this style of decanter with pillar cutting was short lived.

This is one of my favourite decanters as stylistically it breaks away from the norm, and it is a thought out design with balance.

Height: 9.25 inches

Width: 5 inches

This is a Regency Prussian shaped decanter. It has a star cut base, and around the base is cut with blazes interspursed with fields of fine hobnails. The body is cut with strawberry hobnails and the neck is step cut. The stopper is a radially cut mushroom. Made circa 1820s.

This is the type of Regancy decanter that was really fashionable for collectors to look for in the past. How do I know this, it is the type of decanter Regency decanter that is depicted in most of my earlier glass collecting books. In fact back in the day, anything that was post 1830, was not considered worth collecting.

This type of heavily cut squat Prussian decanter can be found with very many variations on the patterns cut, and like with one with the patterns cut in horizontal bands.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Height: 9.5 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

This is a Regency Rodney or ships decanter. It has fluted cutting around the base and the shoulders are panel cut with those cuts running over the four bladed neck rings. The mushroom stopper has a panel cut neck with a radially cut top. Made circa 1820s.

This is a fantastic decanter but unfortunately it is in poor shape. There are some reasonable sized chips to the pouring lip and half the stopper peg is broken away. Apart from that, it's great. To me though this is a real live ships decanter that probably came off a real life sailing boat. What more could a boy want.

I mention the name Rodney in the description as they are also known as Rodney decanters after Admiral Rodney who fought the French and Americans in the 1700s.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 194

Reference: Great British Wine Accessories 1550-1900, Robin Butler, page 136

Reference: English Scottish & Irish Table Glass, G Bernard Hughes, page 301

Height: 8.27 inches

Width: 7 inches

This is a Regency Prussian shaped decanter. It has a star cut base, and around the base is panel cut surmounted with fine horizontal grooves. The shoulders are panel cut with those cuts running over the three bladed neck rings. The mushroom stopper has a panel cut neck with a radially cut top. Made circa 1820s.

This is a fine quality decanter and although not in the collectability stakes of the one above is a very practical decanter to use. This is because it is lighter, easier to grip and an easier shape to clean. I picked this up in an antiques centre in 2017 quite cheaply, which shows nice things are still out there to be bought.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Height: 10 inches

Width: 5 inches

This is a Regency clubbed shaped decanter. It has fine grooves cut around the base, surmounted by a band of strawberry hobnails. There is a central design band of gothic arches with alternating fine hobnails and strawberry hobnails. The shoulders are step cut and the neck has three bladed rings. The bullseye stopper has a flat cut rim. Made circa 1820s-30s.

This is a fine quality decanter, but it seems a a bit of a mish-mash of periods. The cutting puts it firmly in the Regency period, but the shape and stopper are backward looking. An unusual feature is that the rim of the bullseye stopper has been trimmed and so it doesn't have a sharp edge. From the way it has been made you can see it hasn't been trimmed at a later date. It keeps the stopper in proportion with the pouring lip of the bottle.

Height: 7.5 inches

Width: 3 inches

This is a Regency cylinder shaped decanter, with a pillar cut body, step cut shoulders and two annulated neck rings. The mushroom stopper is pillar cut to match the body of the decanter. Made circa 1820s.

Technically this is not a decanter but a spirit bottle. A bottle like this would have originally been from a set, probably a set of three, and have fitted in a stand. The stands come in a multitude of materials, but as this is a fairly decent decanter I would expect the stand to be silver plate or silver. At the bottom end of the stand market they are made out of lacquered wood with base metal fittings. You also see metal ones with a leather covering, but those are pretty rare.

Cylinder shaped decanters were a common shape during this period and if you have an interest in decanters this shape please look at the section on cylinders decanters.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 233

Reference: English Scottish & Irish Table Glass, G Bernard Hughes, page 303

Height: 7.5 inches

Width: 3 inches

This is a Regency prussian shaped decanter with vertical groove partitions cut to the body, panel cut shoulders, and two neck rings with a ring of printies cut above. The stopper is a blown mushroom with cart wheel cutting. Made circa 1830.

Aspects of this decanter were popular from the 1820s through to about 1850, so why do I consider this to be an early one. The prussian shape is one that later fell out of favour also the lack of star or cartwheel cutting to the base is also usually an earlier feature. This decanter does not appear to sit in the common pattern for its type as the cylinder decanters that looked very similar to this. These features makes me believe this is a Regency as opposed to an early Victorian decanter.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 234

Height: 11.5 inches

Width: 5.25 inches

An unusually shaped Regency spirit decanter with a radially cut base, step or prismatic cut body and swirls with hobnails cut on top on the shoulders. It also has a single neck ring and a mushroom stoppers with a swirl cut to the top. Made circa 1810-20.

These are high quality spirit decanters are made to fit into a silver or Sheffield plate stand, of the type with hoops to hold the bottles in place. These might have been made by a company called Waterhouse and Ryland, as they made decanters of this type.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 151

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, Page 200

Height: 7.75 inches

Width: 4 inches

This is a Regency prussian shaped decanter with blazes cut to the base of the body, flute cut shoulders and three neck rings. The stopper is a mushroom with radial cutting. Made circa 1820.

The would be a classical Georgian decanter apart from the striking blazes cut to the base. The overall proportions of the decanter is similar to earlier models but there is something about the stopper and cutting that makes me think it is Regency, which is why I have dated it at an intermediate date of 1820.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 247 & 251

Reference: English Scottish & Irish Table Glass, G Bernard Hughes, page 302

Height: 10 inches

Width: 5 inches

This is a Regency prussian shaped decanter with flutted cutting to the base of the body, lens and fine hobnails cut in a band around the middle, flute cut shoulders and three faceted neck rings. The stopper is a hollow mushroom with radial cutting to the top and flat cut sides. Made circa 1820.

I had a lot of doubts about whether or not this was a later copy. There is no doubting that this decanter has had a hard life, and there is all the wear and tear of a period piece. The thing that is making me fall uncomfortably in to the "it is the real thing" camp, is that it has some frit embedded in the side of the decanter. Frit is either unmelted sand or bits of soot and rubbish that has fallen in the molten glass. The older the glass the more common it is to see frit embedded in finished pieces of tableware. It also has the soapy water colour a lot of older glass has.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 247 & 251

Reference: English Scottish & Irish Table Glass, G Bernard Hughes, page 302

Height: 10 inches

Width: 4.5 inches

This is a club shaped decanter with a vertical panel cut body, prism cut neck. The mushroom stopper is facet cut. Made circa 1830s-40s.

This is a really nice quality little decanter, but I am not sure it will even hold a pint.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Reference: English Scottish & Irish Table Glass, G Bernard Hughes, page 303

Height: 8.5 inches

Width: 3 inches

This is a Regency prussian shaped decanter with panels cut to the base of the body, panel cut shoulders and three neck rings. The stopper is a hollow mushroom with panal cut sides and radial cutting to the top. Made circa 1830s-40s.

This is decanter is nice mix of Georgian and Regency features with the shape and neck rings of an earlier style and panel cutting of later.

You will notice this decanters is quite cloudy, this is damage to the inside surface of the decanter. No amount of cleaning will fix this, and the way to remove it is to get it professionally polished out. If you use this decanter, filling it with liquid will make the cloudiness disappear. I could have improved this photo by filling the decanter with water, then tipping it out, and taking the picture with the decanter still wet. Herein lies a tale of caution, look out for decanters that are still wet inside when purchasing, it could be masking this damage.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 167

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 250

Reference: English Scottish & Irish Table Glass, G Bernard Hughes, page 303

Height: 8 inches

Width: 3.5 inches

This is a brown Mell shaped decanter. The stopper is metal and cork with flattened vertical ring at the top inscribed BRANDY. Made 1810-50.

These are stylistically odd decanters and are thought to come from Scotland. They completely straddle the Regency period, hence I have put this one in this section. They also come in numerous colours, brown being one of the less desirable ones. Many of them are also engraved with various motifs, some of which looks a bit amateur. They are collected and usually get decent prices depending on colour, engraving, etc..

This one was never made to be fitted with a glass stopper and this is the kind of original stoppers this would have had, if it isn't the original.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 345 & 346

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 253

Reference: Great British Wine Accessories, Robin Butler, page 148

Height: 10 inches

Width: 7 inches