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If there are any decanter experts out there I would be glad to have your opinion on this piece. It is not marked but it is an exceptional piece of glass It has been hand blown and cut. The edge round the neck is not exact .The pontil mark is polished. It is simply a wonderful piece of work.
I am guessing it is British glass because 'whisky' has no 'e' but it may have been engraved at a later date.
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I think the stopper is called a "lozenge" shape. The ship's decanter itself is called a "Rodney" after the British Admiral George Rodney who is said to have designed this shape for personal use in his cabin. It's cut around the rim? Is the bottom round or ovoid? Could be as early as 1820 but the use of 'gold ruby' might put it later in the Victorian period when ruby became all the rage. Scotch whisky was more in vogue then too rather than fortified wines.