Compote
Compote
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company
(American, 1919 - 1935)
Date1925-1935
DimensionsH: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); Rim Diam: 17.7 cm (6 31/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.1 cm (3 19/32 in.)
MediumBowl and stem: colorless glass; rim, knop, and foot: black (probably dense amethyst) glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Object number
1951.183
Not on View
DescriptionBowl blown and pattern-molded, then twisted and finished by tooling. Applied solid tooled stem, knop, and foot. Polished pontil mark.
Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives22, n.d. (1932-33), p. 27-E, bottom right (no. K-547; compote of almost identical form).
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. 754, no. 1300.
1850-1860
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