Bonbon Dish and Cover

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

DateProbably 1890-1900

DimensionsH (with cover): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); H (without cover): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); Max Diam (cover): 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); Rim Diam (bowl): 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.208

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 244 bonbon dish. Blanks for both bowl and cover probably blown in molds and finished by tooling. Bowl cut with the Victoria pattern. Cover cut with the Harvard pattern.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives1, n.d. (1892), p. 18, bottom left (bonbon dish, Harvard cover), and above, no. 210 (sugar bowl, Victoria pattern).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives2, n.d. (1893-94), p. 18 (same as AR-1).

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. 662, no. 1054.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Cut Glass of the Brilliant Period, February 5-26, 1967 (no catalog).