Vase
Vase
Manufacturer
New England Glass Company
American, 1818-1888
ArtistProbably etched and engraved by
Joseph Locke
American, 1846-1936
Dateabout 1885
DimensionsH: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.); Rim Diam: 8.0 cm (3 5/32 in.); Base Diam: 8.5 cm (3 11/32 in.)
MediumCameo glass. Gold ruby glass, overlaid with colorless and creamy opaque white glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Object number
1951.203
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 5
Fairfield, William E., Fire & Sand...the History of the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, vol. 1, Cleveland, Ohio, Lezius-Hiles, 1960, repr. p. 5, top right.
Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "Stylistic Influences on Nineteenth-Century American Glass," Antiques, vol. 78, July 1960, pp. 57-59 (Reprint 2, pp. 26-28), repr. p. 59 (Reprint 2, p. 28).
Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 70.
Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 67.
Baer, Nell Jaffe, "Joseph Locke and His Art Glass," Auction (Parke-Bernet Galleries), vol. 2, no. 8, April 1968, pp. 10-12; reprinted The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 98, August 1971, pp. 8-12, repr. p. 10.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 112.
Keefe, John W., "A Comparison of the Products of the New England and the Boston and Sandwich Glass Companies," pt. 1, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, nos. 96-97, December 1970-March 1971, pp. 3-12; pt. 2, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 98, August 1971, pp. 3-7, repr. cover.
Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, Iowa, W. C. Brown, 1968, p. 102, repr. fig. 85.
Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 208.
Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 198, no. 221.
Grover, Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass, New York, Crown, 1980, repr. p. 4.
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. 619, no. 999, colorpl. 999, p. 579.
Zollweg, Robert, 200 Years of Glass: A History of Libbey Glass, Toledo, OH, University of Toledo Press, 2019, fig. 1-9, repr. col. p. 12.
Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 78, no. 262The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 68, no. 221
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