Clear Glass Wine Decanters

A selection of glass wine decanters, (from left to right)

Baccarat: a very fine and delicate Art Deco decanter made by the French maker of fine crystal, Baccarat, founded in 1764. Known as the ‘Rohan‘ design, the decanter has a heavy cast, fan-shaped stopper, a short neck and acid-etched foliate decoration to the spherical body. French, circa 1935.

Height: 8½ inches (22 cm)

REFERENCE: 1592
Price Code: £

Asprey & Co.: a very stylish glass decanter with ‘pinched’ detail to the body, with a Sterling silver mounted neck, and heavy glass ball stopper. Marked ASPREY LONDON and bearing English hallmarks for 1962.

Height: 11 inches (28 cm)

REFERENCE: 2211
Price Code: ££

Asprey & Co.: a very stylish glass decanter with ‘pinched’ detail to all four sides, with Sterling silver mounted neck, and original glass ball stopper. Marked ASPREY LONDON, and bearing English hallmarks for 1926.

Height: 11 inches (28 cm)

REFERENCE: 2908
Price Code: ££

Thomas Smily, London: a very early, unusual and large Sterling silver-mounted glass decanter of triangular form, with rounded shoulders, and oval cut out enabling a grip to the vertical silver handle extending down the rear of the body. The decanter has an elegant, mounted collar with pouring spout, and (original) bulbous glass stopper. The heavy glass body is etched with its registration number ‘Rd. 86044’, and the Sterling silver mount is fully hallmarked for Thomas Smily London, 1887.  No other examples of this decanter are recorded, and it was probably a on-off prototype piece, its ‘Modernist’ style perhaps deemed too radical for Victorian England!

Provenance: The collection of ‘Decanter‘ Magazine.

Height: 13 inches (33 cm)

REFERENCE: 1749
Price Code:  £££

‘When Tyred Scotch’: an extremely novel whisky decanter in the form of a car tyre, in clear glass cut to simulate the tread, with a silver-plated fluted neck and glass stopper in the form of a car wheel. To the front of the decanter is etched the legend, ‘WHEN TYRED, SCOTCH’. Perfect for after a long day sat behind the wheel! English, circa 1920.

Height: 10 inches (25½ cm)

REFERENCE: 6880
Price Code:  ££

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