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Jug

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1900-1906

DimensionsH: 33.3 cm (13 1/8 in.); Base Diam: 15.0 cm (5 29/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.21

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 629 jug. Body blown in a paste mold and finished by tooling. Applied handle. No pontil mark. Body engraved in the rock-crystal style, probably primarily with stone wheels, details engraved with copper wheels, with a stylized pattern of orchids and tendrils. Exterior of handle engraved with flowers at the top and foliage below. Underside of base engraved in the rock-crystal style with a quatrefoil of tendrils.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 124.

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. 723, no. 1219.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 62, no. 124.

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