Hand blown Blenko glass pinch decanter with original stopper in dark blood red.
Blenko Art Glass original part #49 pinched glass decanter, designed in the late 1940’s. This is known as a “pre-designer” item when William Blenko (founder) was head designer. Production continued to the early 1970’s.
Hand blown Blenko glass pinch decanter with pontil scar on base. Weighs 2.2 lbs. The body has a couple unintentional bubbles trapped within the glass, commonly found on Blenko hand blown glass objects.
In excellent condition. A full ring of bottom-wear caused by years of surface contact is on the base. The glass is brilliant. The color is uncommon. It is a very dark red, with slight hints of deep amethyst. Hard to image the fabulous color. The color darkens and lightens with the thickness of the glass at the neck and the base.
Stopper is ground to fit. Stopper has stylized intentional bubble. Stopper is original to bottle. Stands 10″ tall with stopper. Full-size decanter.
Blenko Art Glass made these distinctive decanters in a wide range of wonderful colors. The decanters, as with most Blenko products, vary slightly in size due to the hand-made process. Shown in image 5 is a ruby red bubble glass tumbler sitting next to this blood red decanter, to help show the color intensity difference. Image 7 is an early Blenko catalog page showing the #49 pinch decanter. Beautiful and hard to find decanters are great collectors items.
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Sold for $165 in 2021