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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1910-1915

DimensionsH: 35.5 cm (13 31/32 in.); Rim Diam: 12.05 cm (4 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass, overlaid with deep amethyst glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.16

Not on View

DescriptionBody probably blown, possibly in a paste mold. Joined by an applied knop to the short standard and broad, heavy applied foot. All finished by tooling. Top of rim ground and polished. Body deeply intaglio-engraved, possibly with both stone and copper wheels, with three stalks of narcissus, each bearing four flowers and several buds, each stalk disposed in the same arrangement. Large, concave, polished pontil mark; balance of underside of foot also ground and polished.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 129, color fig. 46.

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. 729, no. 1233, colorpl. 1233, 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. 129

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