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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Dateabout 1905

DimensionsH: 20 7/32 in. (51.35 cm); Base Diam: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of C. Justus Wilcox

Object number

1927.102

Not on View

DescriptionBody blown and finished by tooling. Applied collar. Applied foot. No pontil mark. Body intaglio-engraved with stone and copper wheels with a peacock surrounded by flowers, including orchids, peonies, and leaves; matte finish. Scalloped rims of mouth and foot engraved with peacock-feather eyes. Foot engraved with four different flowers.

Published ReferencesKeefe, John W., "Libbey Cut and Engraved Glass," Antiques, vol. 94, September 1968, p. 394-399 (Reprint 2, pp. 205-210), pp. 396-397, repr. fig. 8 (Reprint 2, pp. 207-208).

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 120.

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. 727, no. 1226.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 62, no. 120.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: Triumphs of the Factory, 1888-1920, exhibition, August 14-September 25, 1988 (no catalog).