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This is a Georgian cylinder decanter with no cutting apart from the polished pontil mark and three neck rings. It has a cut bullseye stopper. Made Circa 1800.

Cylindrical decanters are not a common shape at the time this was make, but the lack of ornamentation, the neck rings and quality of the decanter places firmly into the late Georgian period.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 126 & 262

Height: 11 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a cylindrical shaped decanter with no cutting and two annulated neck rings and two pulley rings around the body. It also has a cut bullseye stopper. Made Circa 1810.

Proportionally, this is an unusual decanter, as most cylinder decanters with a short neck and two neck rings are small ones that only hold a pint and are for spirits. This decanter will hold a full bottle of wine. Pulley ring decanters are also rare. You need to be aware that copies of pulley ring decanters were made in the early 1900s, but they will be of a 1900s quality unlike this decanter.

Some books describe annulated neck rings as triple rings. I think this is confusing because most Georgian decanters have 3 neck rings, so I am going with the other descriptive I have seen, annulated.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 165

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 211

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Regency cylinder shaped decanter c.1820-30. It has tightly cut rays on the base, vertical grooves cut to the body, step cut shoulders and the pouring lip has a milled edge. The stopper is a solid mushroom with tight cut grooves radiating from the top.

Step cut shoulders are another classic cutting style of the Regency period, and was much copied by the revival of Georgian styles in c.1900-40, so watch out for copies. As this cutting is labour intensive any such copies would generally be of good quality and worth purchasing even if they don't have as much history in them.

Reference: How to Identify English Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 188 & 193

Reference: Great British Wine Accessories 1550-1900, Robin Butler, page 141

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

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4 inches

This is a Regency cylinder shaped decanter, it has pillar cut rays on the base linking up with vertical pillar cutting of the body, the shoulders and neck are cut with rounded rings. The stopper is a solid mushroom with has pillar cut rays on top, with edge being scalloped to align with those pillars. Made circa.1820-30.

This decanter has been made sticking to the theme of pillar cutting. Apart from the pouring lip it's all pillar cut. The question from a design point of view is; is it too much pillar cutting? A bit like Burberry coats with tartan on the outside along with with all accessories being Burberry with the pattern on the outside. Nice pattern but not too much please.

Reference: How to Identify English Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 188 & 193

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

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 32

Height: 10 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Regency cylinder shaped decanter, the body has been cut in different vertical sections with various hobnail, and strawberry hobnail patterns, the shoulders and neck are cut with rounded rings. The stopper is a radially cut mushroom. Made circa.1820-30.

I am pretty certain this stopper did not start life with this decanter, it is too delicate and seems an earlier style. It is the stopper I bought it with and it is such an interesting decanter I thought I would include it here. To me the odd patterns cut on the body feel like a design bodge job and the only way to tie this together would be to have a stopper that somehow followed one or all of the themes on the body.

Reference: How to Identify English Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 188 & 193

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

Height: 10 inches

Width: 4.5 inches

This is a Regency cylinder shaped decanter with a pillar cut body, panel cut shoulders and step cut neck. The stopper is a blown mushroom with pillar cut sides and cartwheel cut on top. Made circa 1820s.

Pillar cutting is a Regency classic cut. Apparently it came in with steam cutting because there was the power to do it, but polishing all those pillars was expensive so it died out. Obviously that could be total BS, but it was what I read somewhere.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 250 & 308

Reference: English Glass, R.J.Charleston, plate 53.c

Reference: How to Identify English Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 188 & 193

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Height: 10.25 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Regency cylinder shaped decanter with cut arched panels cut to the body, panel cut shoulders, and cushion cut neck. The stopper is a blown mushroom with slice cut sides and cartwheel cut top. Made circa 1820s.

This decanter has many standard features of Regency decanters in an unusual configuration but is a hansome and heavy decanter. It is almost not a cylinder as it does lean out slightly.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 308

Reference: English Glass, R.J.Charleston, plate 53.c

Reference: How to Identify English Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 188 & 193

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.5 inches

This is a Nelson type cylindrical decanter with broad flute cutting to the body, shoulders and neck and single neck ring at the base of the neck. It has a solid facet cut mushroom. Made Circa 1830-1840.

The thing that makes this a Nelson type in the single neck ring. I suppose it has something to do with Nelsons column.

This decanter comes with a salutory tale about ebay. I bought this decanter for 99p plus postage from eBay from a person with a very low transaction score. The had wraped it in some paper and polythene and then some cardboard was wrapped around that and then it was posted. It arrived with a big chunk off the stopper. If you are a person that is selling glass, remember it is a brittle material and it needs to be posted in a box, and if there is more than one component you must make sure they cannot collide. I have glued the bit back on for this photo, but typing this is still making me sad.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 264 & 308

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Reference: English Bottles & Decanters 1650-1900, Derek C Davis, page 68

Reference: How to Identify English Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 188 & 193

Reference: Decanters and Glasses, Therle Hughes, Page 85

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 52

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 36

Height: 11 inches

Width: 4 inches

This is a Royal type cylindrical decanter with vertical grooves to the body, flute cutting to shoulders and three neck rings. It has a blown hollow mushroom with radial cutting to the top. Made Circa 1830-1840.

This is one of the standard decanters of the period, that you see so many of hanging around in antique centres, quite often with the wrong stopper. If you see one with the right stopper, as pictured, I say snap it up, as eventually people will realise (in my dreams) that the ones with the original stoppers are getting quite rare.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 308 & 324

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Reference: English Bottles and Decanters 1650-1900, Derek C. Davis, Page 63

Reference: How to Identify English Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 188 & 193

Reference: Decanters and Glasses, Therle Hughes, Page 85

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 46

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 36

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

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Royal type cylindrical decanter with vertical grooves surmounted by lens to the body, flute cutting to shoulders and three neck rings. It has a blown hollow mushroom with radial cutting to the top. Made Circa 1830-1840..

This decanter is the same as the one above apart from the added cut lens. I expect customers went to the glass merchants and paid an extra 6d or some such for each additional cutting feature that was added. Or it was a special deal with the lens added for free, over and above the standard cutting.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 308

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Reference: How to Identify English Drinking Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 189

Reference: Decanters and Glasses, Therle Hughes, Page 85

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 46

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 36

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

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Royal type cylindrical decanter with vertical grooves to the body, with lens cut at the top and bottom, flute cutting to shoulders and three neck rings. It has a blown hollow mushroom with radial cutting to the top, and lens cut to the sides. Made Circa 1830-1840.

The salesman have run a real pitch on the original buyer of this decanter, as it the standard Royal type just with more lens cut into it. They must have paid extra 1/6 for this one.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 308

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Reference: How to Identify English Drinking Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 189

Reference: Decanters and Glasses, Therle Hughes, Page 85

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 46

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 36

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

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Regency cylinder decanter with a radially cut base, gothic arches cut to the body, panel cut shoulders, and three neck rings. The stopper is a mushroom with radial cutting. Made circa 1830.

Decanters like this one were popular from the 1820s through to about 1850, so why do I consider this to be an early one. The stopper of is of an early type of mushroom stopper and appears slightly out of step with the decanter. I have looked at it carefully and am happy it had been in this decanter a long time. I originally thought gothic arches on glass was later, but I have now seen hallmarked cruets from late 1820s with similar arches on them. This makes me believe this is a Regency as opposed to early Victorian decanter.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 250 & 308

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 46

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.5 inches

This is a Royal type cylindrical decanter with intermittent vertical pillars to the body, interspersed with lens, and patterns, grooved patterns cut to the to shoulders and three neck rings. It has a blown hollow cylindrical stopper cut with grooves. Made Circa 1830-1840.

Whilst a standard Royal type in basic pattern, the cutting on this one is a step away in complexity and is quite hansome for it.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 308

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 232

Reference: How to Identify English Drinking Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 189

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 46

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 36

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

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Royal type cylindrical decanter with vertical pillars around the base surmounted by a frieze of cut ovals within diagonal crosses, surmounted by hobnails. The shoulders have cut panels sumounted by step cutting. The stopper is a radially cut mushroom. Made Circa 1830-1840.

This is the classic Regency design of stacking lots of disparate patterns in bands one on top of the other. This one manages to squeeze 5 into a not big decanter.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 308

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 191 & 232

Reference: How to Identify English Drinking Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 189

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 46

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 36

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

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Royal type cylindrical decanter with vertical pillars around the base surmounted by a frieze of cut Vs, surmounted by a large diamond pattern filled with fine hobnails. The shoulders have cut panels ing. The stopper is a radially cut mushroom. Made Circa 1830-1840.

This decanter is in the same vein as the one above with the bands of different designs. If you are going to do this, this decanter is not as strong a design as the one above. The bands of designs are not so strickly demarcated and are not as contrasting. Not everyone might be a fan of this style, buy if this is what you are about, then go for it.

Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 308

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 191 & 232

Reference: How to Identify English Drinking Glasses & Decanters 1680-1830, Douglas Ash, page 189

Reference: British Glass, Charles Hajdamach, page 46

Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 36

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

Height: 10.5 inches

Width: 4.25 inches