Decanter (etunup) and lid, black-lacquered wood, cylindrical form with projecting spout and arched handle, circular lid hinged across centre, decorated in gold with maple branches in gold, interior coated with red lacquer, used by Ainu people in ceremonies: Japan, Kyoto, 17th century

Bottle or decanter of dark blue glass with an white opaque rim around the slightly flared mouth, with a squat circular body and cylindrical neck: Middle East, Iran, 19th century

Ewer or decanter of gold-brown coloured glass, with a pear-shaped body, a short neck with a small trailed loop handle and tooled decoration, and a curved spout with an applied finial around the tip: Middle East, Iran, 18th - 19th century

Mallet-shaped glass decanter engraved with a label inscribed 'Port' and vine scrolls: English, c. 1755 - 1765

Diamond-cut disc decanter stopper: English, c. 1755 - 1765

Decanter of clear glass with body engraved with eight vertical panels, four containing a Jacobite rose spray and four a row of sprigs, and neck engraved with drapery: English, c. 1745

Decanter of flint glass, with stopper, and decorated with engraved panels and vine: English, London, by Pellatt and Co., 19th century

Decanter of flint glass, with stopper, and decorated with engraved panels and vine: English, London, by Pellatt and Co., 19th century

Glass quart decanter of Italian design with richly engraved amber medallions: English, London, by Pellatt and Co., 19th century

Stopper for an engraved glass quart decanter of Italian design: English, London, by Pellatt and Co., 19th century

Decanter of clear glass with wheel-engraved decoration depicting Susanna and the Elders: Swedish, Orrefors, designed by Edward Hald in 1929, by Aktiebolaget Orrefors Glasbruk, 1960

Stopper for a decanter of wheel-engraved clear glass: Swedish, Orrefors, designed by Edward Hald in 1929, by Aktiebolaget Orrefors Glasbruk, 1960

One of two mallet-shaped wine glass decanters, engraved with the Whin Club motto '18 MAY 1799' and the initials of 15 of the original and later members of the Club, presented to the Club by John Ouchterlong in June 1810

One of two mallet-shaped wine glass decanters, engraved with the Whin Club motto '18 MAY 1799' and the initials of the original and later members of the Club, presented to the Club by John Ouchterlong in June 1810

Rectangular, cut-glass whisky decanter, engraved with the Whin Club motto, date 18 May 1799, and ‘STAFFA’ for McDonald of Staffa, who donated the decanter in March 1812