Handled Tumbler or Lemonade Glass

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1883-1893

DimensionsH: 14.5 cm (5 23/32 in.); Rim Diam: 5.95 cm (2 11/32 in.); Max W (with handle): 9.1 cm (3 19/32 in.); Base Diam: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)

MediumAmberina glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.201

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a paste mold, then finished by tooling. Applied handle, diamond-notched. Cut with the Russian pattern. Underside of base cut with a twenty-four-pointed star.

Published ReferencesRevi, Albert Christian, "Amberina Glass Patents," Spinning Wheel, March 1957, p. 26, fig. 8.

Revi, Albert Christian, Nineteenth-Century Glass: Its Genesis and Development, rev. ed., New York/Toronto, Nelson, 1967, repr. p. 19.

Rogers, Jr., Millard F., "The New England Glass Company: Some Discoveries," Antiques, vol. 86, July 1964, repr. p. 81, fig. 10, left (Reprint 2, p. 68).

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 197, no. 202; repr. color fig. 22, 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. 610, no. 984.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 78, no. 260.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 67, no. 202.

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