Decanters

Almost immediately after the American Revolution, English and Irish manufacturers flooded the United States with domestic goods emblazoned with patriotic imagery. The Irish glass decanters are etched on one side with an eagle and the word “LIBERTY” and on the other with the misspelled word “AMERICAN INDEPENDANCE” and the initials “NG.”
The initials belong to Nancy Gay (1791-1873), whose father Eleazar Gay and uncles Charles and Robert Jameson participated in the Boston Tea Party. Their patriotic legacy adorned the fine goods purchased for the family home on Gay’s Island in Cushing, Maine. 

Decanters
Ireland, ca. 1815
Glass
Gift of Mrs. Sarah Norton McCullogh