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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Dateabout 1915

DimensionsH: 47.4 cm (18 21/32 in.); Max Rim Diam: 26.9 cm (10 19/32 in.); Base Diam: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.)

MediumColorless glass, very thick and heavy.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.10

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. Large, slightly concave, polished pontil mark. Body intaglio-engraved, partly rock-crystal style, partly matte finish, with Libbey pattern no. 498: cactus in flower.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 202, no. 139.

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. 728, no. 1230

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 63, no. 139

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