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Compote

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

Date1925

DimensionsH: 17.1 cm (6 23/32 in.); Rim Diam: 15.0 cm (5 29/32 in.); Base Diam: 8.0 cm (3 3/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass, overlaid with deep blue glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.182

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 1591 compote. Blown and finished by tooling. Large, shallow, polished pontil mark. Exterior of bowl cut with a geometric band below the rim and five decorative elements. Upper surface of the foot cut with three similar elements. Matte finish.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives16, n.d. (probably 1920-25), p. 6, center (no. 1591, 6-in. compote).

Keefe, John W., "Libbey Cut and Engraved Glass," Antiques, vol. 94, September 1968, p. 394-399 (Reprint 2, pp. 205-210), p. 397, repr. fig. 9, third from left.

Pearson, J. Michael, Encyclopedia of American Cut and Engraved Glass, 1880-1917, 3 vols., vol 1, Geometric Conceptions; vol. 2, Realistic Patterns; vol. 3, Geometric Motifs, Miami Beach, FL, author, 1975, 1977, 1978, vol. 2, p. 66, bottom left.

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. 712, no. 1188.