A night commode chair that has a four-slat back crest with a Windsor arrow design at the lower back of the chair. The high back chair has turned legs, which are braced by ring-turned box stretchers. The seat has a hole cut out at its center with a separate wood lid with a wrought-iron handle fixed by two screws. The underside of the seat no longer has rabbets to support its zinc or lead chamberpot.
Windsor-back rocking chair. The comb-shaped crest has gold painted trim and hand-painted floral, fruit and nut designs. The slab seat also has a hand-painted gilt outline. The two front legs have gilded turnings along with the front stretcher. The two back legs are canted into the rockers and are plain and round with a thin round plain stretcher. Dark wood. Six thin back rails.
Cut glass liquor decanter with spiral cut glass mushroom lid. Neck consists of 4 rings. The body of the decanter is a decagon shape (10 sides). 1.00" break/missing glass along the lip.
Year Range From
1714
Year Range To
1837
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Library
Storage Wall
Southwest Wall
Storage Cabinet
Table
Storage Shelf
Table Top
Object Name
Decanter
Material
Glass
Height (cm)
28.575
Height (ft)
0.9375
Height (in)
11.25
Depth (cm)
8.89
Depth (ft)
0.2916666667
Depth (in)
3.5
Circumference (ft)
37.465
Circumference (cm)
1.2291666667
Circumference (in)
14.75
Dimension Details
Measured height includes mushroom stopper. Height of body is 8.50". Measurements taken with tape measure.
Height: Measured bottom to top
Circumference: Measureed at widest point of the body
Leaded glass. 10 sided bottom. Finger-cut design toward bottom. 10 sided finger-cut shoulder. Neck has 3 beaded rings and flattish lip. Stopper is drop-shaped, pointed at top and is 7 faceted. Body is slightly flared to shoulder.
Violin in case and accessories. Contents include violin, bow, chamois cover, and various accessories in compartment at front of case (two string packets, one string missing; bridge; labels).
A) Violin - Label on the interior reads, "Fried. Aug. Glass vvefertigt nach / Antonius Straduarius Fies / Fabrikat in Cremona 1730" [Friedrich August Glass manufactured in the style of Antonius Stradvarius [the younger?] factory of Cremona 1730]
Missing bridge and strings.
B) Bow - Wood, Ebony, Mother of Pearl. Wooden with ebony & mother-of-pearl piece to anchor strings. Metal covers both ends. 29" long.
C) Velvet and Chamois cover - Velvet is painted with floral motif. Violin-shaped cover, scalloped-edged chamois with black velvet piece hand-stitched to it.
D) Case - lined with decorative paper, small storage compartment at one end. Metal handle, lock, and latch. 2 hook-and-eye front closures, 2 hinges on back. Remnants of fabric strips on inside of case.
