Wheat Sheaf, Cambridge
Manufacturer: Cambridge
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About Wheat Sheaf
This pattern is part of Cambridge’s Near Cut grouping. The 6 oz cologne was in their catalog as #2660 (shown here on the Nearcut-Novelties2 page), while the exceptionally rare 32 oz whiskey decanter was #2696. Both of these items were blown molded and have a pontil in the middle of the bottom (they are not ‘ground’ pontils which would have been smoothed off, but rough pontils). A pontil is a mark created when the punty (a long metal stick) was detached from the glass piece – the tool used to hold the piece while it was being molded, sprayed and heated). View Cambridge-pontil.
- Cologne (see cologne-wheatsheaf)
- Decanter (see decanter-wheatsheaf)
There are many similar looking ‘near cut’ type geometric patterns. Imperial Glass company made a tremendous amount of geometric patterns as did US Glass. The unique shape of the cologne will help you identify this pattern. And the only other whiskey decanter with a geometric pattern is the Cambridge Near Cut (which has the a different shape, having a more bulbous bottom and a thinner body).
Wheat Sheaf Decanter: