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Manufacturer Gillinder and Sons (American, 1861-1930)

Place of OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Datelate 19th-early 20th century

Dimensions1 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (3.5 × 7.7 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.533

Not on View

DescriptionColorless glass with a greenish tinge. Solid, tooled. Dome with broad, slightly concave, polished base to which twelve glass millefiori canes have been glued. Canes polished on underside.

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. 551, no. 913.