Gemel Bottle
Gemel Bottle
Place of OriginEastern United States
Date1830-1860
Dimensions8 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (21.1 × 8.8 cm)
Mediumglass, lead
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1920.16
Not on View
DescriptionTwo rather heavy gathers, each with applied opaque white trailings pulled up in a loop pattern. Blown and tooled to shape then stuck together and necks bent in opposite directions. Lips sheared and fire-polished. Rough pontil mark. Light aqua glass, slight lead content.
Published ReferencesGeorge W. Stevens, "President Libbey's Recent Gift," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 38, February 1921, p. [5].
Mary Harrod Northend, American Glass, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1926, repr. third pl. following p. 30.
Knittle, Rhea Mansfield, Early American Glass, New York, Century, 1927, pl. 10, bottom.
McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 433, fig. 8, pl. 229 (various types of gemel bottles).
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. 149, no. 145, colorpl. 145, p. 87.
1830-1860
1840-1870
1830-1840
Late 19th century
Probably 6th Century BCE
4th-3rd century BCE
Probably 1855-1865
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