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Bowl or Nappy

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1901-1906

DimensionsH: 4.5 cm (1 25/32 in.); Rim Diam: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edwin H. Reed

Object number

1942.14

Not on View

DescriptionBlank blown in a mold and cracked off. Exterior cut with the Sultana pattern, showing it in three stages: rough-cut, stone-cut, and polished.

Label TextThis demonstration piece illustrates three stages of the glass-cutting process. The first panel shows the rough-cut basic pattern. In the next panel, the detail of the design has been added. Finally, the completed pattern, known as Sultana, is seen fully polished. The fourth panel illustrates engraving, a technique for creating decoration of pictorial designs and lettering.Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives10 and AR-12, n.d. (1901-1902), p. 13, middle right, no. 36 (7-in. plate, Sultana).

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 203, no. 109, repr. p. 185, top ill., bottom center.

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. 670, no. 1075.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Crystal: A Historical Exhibition of Libbey Glass, exh. brochure, Toledo, Ohio, 1951, n.p. (8).

The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 61, no. 109.

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