Cane
Cane
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
Dateabout 1902
DimensionsL: 108.7 cm (42 13/16 in.); Max W (arch): 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
MediumFlat strip of opal glass with an applied red cane on one side in the center and a blue cane at each edge and on the other side a blue cane in the center with a red cane at each edge. Overlaid with colorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Cloyd M. Mills
Object number
1968.61
Not on View
DescriptionTwisted, drawn, and tooled to a cane or walking-stick form.
Published ReferencesSpillman, Jane Shadel and Suzanne K. Frantz, Masterpieces of American Glass, Corning Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Lilian Nassau, Ltd., New York, Crown, 1990, repr. p. 38, fig. 60, p. 93.
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. 758, no. 1309.
Exhibition HistorySpillman, Jane Shadel and Suzanne K. Frantz, intro. by Nina A. Asharina, Shedevri Amerikanskogo Stekla [Masterpieces of American Glass from the Collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Toledo Museum of Art], exh. cat., Moscow, Soviet Press, 1990, repr. p. 66.Third to first century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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