Decanter and Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company (American, 1919 - 1935)

Date1920-1921

DimensionsH (with stopper): 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); H (without stopper): 8 13/16 in. (22.35 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/32 in. (7.85 cm); Max Body W: 3 23/32 in. (9.4 cm)

MediumColorless glass. Decanter: body blown in a mold and finished by tooling. Applied tooled foot. Hollow stopper: probably blown and finished by tooling. Applied tooled finial.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of William F. Donovan through Mrs. Dorothy Donovan Farrell

Object number

1950.286A-B

Not on View

DescriptionRock-crystal-engraved with copper wheels with arabesques surrounding masks on two sides and urns on the other two sides. Stopper engraved with flowers and geometric motifs, polished and matte. Stopper and neck ground and polished to fit.

Published ReferencesRobert Schmidt, . . . 100 Jahre Osterreichische Glaskunst. 1823 Lobmeyr 1923, Vienna, Schroll, 1925, pl. 14, right (Lobmeyr pitcher with same body and foot, engraved in the same manner, dated 1884).

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 81.

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. 732, no. 1242.