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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Dateabout 1910

DimensionsH: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); Rim Diam: 27.0 cm (10 5/8 in.); Base Diam: 17.8 cm (7 in.)

MediumColorless glass, overlaid with deep red glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.15

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. Large, slightly concave, polished pontil mark. Exterior of hexagonal rim cut with six sets of three oval printies and three sets of four oval printies. Body near base cut with three sets of three vertical printies. Body boldly engraved, probably with stone wheels, with three stalks of lilies, each with three blossoms and stylized leaves, matte finish.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 138.

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. 1231, colorpl. 1231, p. 766.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 63, no. 138

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