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Artist Henry Clay Luther (American)

Place of OriginProvidence, Rhode Island, United States

Date1865-1880

Dimensions2 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (6 × 3.8 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.174

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DescriptionInsert pressed, probably upside down, in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern, by a plain male plunger. The six-pointed star is enameled red and white. Background of white plaster of paris, mounted in a brass surround, then attached to an iron screw.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 502, no. 835.