A CLEAR BRILLIANT-CUT GLASS DECANTER WITH SAUCER MADE FOR THE INDIAN EXPORT MARKET Stourbridge, England, second half 19th century Of pyriform shape, resting on a circular gently splayed foot, rising to a faceted flared neck with an everted circular mouth, the body decorated with the typical 19th-century brilliant or diamond-cut in decreasing size from the bottom to the top, the base cut with a stellar motif, the now missing stopper once mounted on the remaining bulbous silver stopper head, with openwork floral decoration and a thin chainlet, 27.2cm high; the circular saucer decorated with similar patterns, 19cm diam. The design and decoration of this glass decanter are reminiscent of mid- and late 19th-century British glass manufactures produced for the Indian export market, specifically in the centres of Stourbridge and Birmingham with the renowned firm F. & C. Osler. The Osler firm was founded in Birmingham, England, in 1807 and by the mid-19th century, it had already become the largest European company that supplied glass objects to India, including but not limited to light fittings and large pieces of furniture. A bulbous clear brilliant-cut glass rosewater sprinkler at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (inv. no. 2016.90a–c), attributed to the Osler manufacture, presents the same design and decorative vocabulary of our decanter. The MET example is also unmarked, as is ours. This leads to indicate at least a similar dating and a kindred production centre, if not F. & C. Osler, most certainly Stourbridge, another great centre of British glass manufacture in the 19th century. For further information on F. & C. Osler and British glass export to India in the 19th century, please read the manufacture profile page on the Corning Museum website (https://www.cmog.org/article/f-c-osler).