Tumbler

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

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

Date1906-1920

DimensionsH: 3 27/32 in. (9.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

MediumColorless glass; blank probably blown in a plain one- or two-piece paste mold and finished by tooling, cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.134

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 286 tumbler. Rim drawn out to thin it. Cut with the Radiant pattern. Underside of base cut with a sixteen-pointed even-rayed star.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 17, n.d. (1918-25), p. 6 (no. 286, tumbler, doz. $16).

A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever, The Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company, Ames-Kiebler Co., n.d. (1920-25), [repr. in Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 290 (no. 286, tumbler, doz. $28.80).

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. 707, no. 1175.