Cruet and Stopper

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Cruet and Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1900-1910

DimensionsH (with stopper): 6 29/32 in. (17.5 cm); H (without stopper): 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Max W (with handle): 2 25/32 in. (7.1 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass. Cruet: blank blown, probably in a mold, and finished by tooling. Applied handle. Stopper: pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.209

Not on View

DescriptionBody cut with two sixteen-pointed hob stars with "wheel of wheat" motif under the spout and notched prisms. Underside of base cut with a fifteen-pointed star. Neck ground and polished to accept stopper. Stopper cut on top with an eight-pointed star and polished to fit.

Published ReferencesDaniel, Dorothy, Cut and Engraved Glass, 1771-1905, New York, M. Barrows, 1950, repr. p. 164, pl. 70, p. 374, bottom, middle.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 205, no. 119.

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. 676, no. 1087.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Crystal: A Historical Exhibition of Libbey Glass, exh. brochure, Toledo, Ohio, 1951, n.p. (8).

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

The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 62, no. 119.