Blenko Art Glass Decanter Bottle Charcoal Crackle Huge

Big Blenko Art Glass Decanter Charcoal Crackle

This Blenko Art Glass decanter bottle was made in the rare Charcoal color. Item’s in Blenko’s Charcoal color are relatively hard to find. The color was produced only a few years; 1954 to 1958, 1961 to 1962, and 1971.

The giant form was designed by Winslow Anderson, an infamous mid-century glass artist who worked with Blenko from 1947 to 1953. It is a 920L decanter and originally came with a tall teardrop stopper in matching color.  This decanter has lost its original stopper. The stoppers are very easy to break and usually don’t survive the years.

The bottle is shown with a ‘married’ ruby glass hand-blown stopper from the same era. The stopper fits well, in itself is hard to find, and looks awesome until a matching charcoal flame stopper is found.

The bottle was mouth-blown, hand-formed, then sheared at the neck opening. It was dipped in ice water while still hot to create the crackle effect. The neck opening rim was fire-polished smooth.

The base still retains Blenko’s inventory label. It reads: “Blenko, Milton W.VA 0920L”. The bottle stands a whopping 16.5″ tall and weighs 3.6 lbs.  The neck opening is 1 1/8″ wide (measured from inner wall). In perfect condition. Glass is clean and brilliant.