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Place of OriginUnited States

Date1890-1910

Dimensions3 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (8.6 × 8.7 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.526

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DescriptionColorless glass of good quality; solid, except for a center bubble, tooled. Encloses a stylized flower composed of swirling bands of red, white, and blue glass chips, the stem rising from a quatrefoil ruffled form of the same-colored chips.

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. 558, no. 933.