Goblet

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Goblet

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

DateProbably 1906-1910

DimensionsH: 6 1/8 in. (15.55 cm); Rim Diam: 3 5/32 in. (8.0 cm); Base Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass; bowl probably blown, possibly in a mold, and finished by tooling. Applied stem with teardrop. Applied tooled foot.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.137

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DescriptionBowl and stem cut with seven continuous panels. Each panel on the bowl is numbered; six of the panels bear initials, or ciphers, copper-wheel-engraved in different styles of letters above the smaller numeral: [sc]1, M; 2, E; 3, D; 4, SO[r] entwined; [sc]5, DM[r] entwined; [sc]6, DAJ[r] entwined; the seventh panel bears the U.S. coat of arms with banner streaming from eagle's beak bearing [sc]E PLURIBUS UNUM[r]. Concave, polished pontil mark. Polished foot.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 695, no. 1138.