Cruet

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Cruet

Place of OriginUnited States, probably the Midwest

Date1885-1900

Dimensions3 13/16 × 1 × 1 15/16 in. (9.7 × 2.5 × 5 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1920.20

Not on View

DescriptionExpanded and tooled to spherical form with cylindrical neck and small, tooled lip. Applied, tooled semi-ear-shaped handle. Rough pontil mark. Interior of neck rough ground to receive stopper. Colorless non-lead glass with a yellowish tint; blown and ball-optic-molded.

Published ReferencesGeorge W. Stevens, "President Libbey's Recent Gift," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 38, February 1921, repr. p. [5].

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. 809, no. 1382.