Whiskey Jug and Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

DateProbably 1910-1919

DimensionsH (with stopper): 8 11/32 in. (21.2 cm); H (without stopper): 6 23/32 in. (17.1 cm); Max W: 4 27/32 in. (12.3 cm); Base W: 3 11/16 in. (8.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass. Jug: blank blown in a mold and finished by tooling, applied handle. Stopper: probably pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.66A-B

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 478 whiskey jug. Cut with the Plain Flute pattern: eight plain flutes. Plain base slightly concave, except around edge, ground and polished. Outside of handle cut with two flutes; top cut with flat thumbpiece. Cut with eight plain flutes. Shank ground and polished to fit jug throat. For illustration of these matchmarks, see ACGC, Glossary, Fig. 4.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 13, n.d. (1905-10), pp. 16, top right, 20 (no. 478, $12).

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 694, no. 1136.