This is a small hand-blown, Victorian, ''Beehive'' decanter or ''Incorporator'' dating from the end of the 19th century, c1880, and probably made by Percival Vickers. A copy of the relevant entry from their 1881 catalogue is included in the images. They were called incorporators as they were designed to combine two different liquids, for example oil and vinegar, and the beehive shape made it easier for them to be ''incorporated'' into each other. A reference to such a decanter can be seen in ''Anthropologia Nova Or a New System of Anatomy Describing the Animal Oeconomy'' which quotes ''... thereby making it resemble a glass incorporator, used now-a-days to mix oil and vinegar. They were made by different companies but the stopper type suggests a Percival Vickers origin. The decanter is in excellent condition for its age. This means, of course, that it shows the age related wear and tear to the rim of the base commensurate with some 150 years of use. The pontil mark at the bas...