Cologne Bottle and Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

DateProbably 1906

DimensionsH (bottle): 15.0 cm (5 29/32 in.); Rim Diam (bottle): 6.0 cm (2 3/8 in.); Base Diam (bottle): 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); L (stopper): 8.0 cm (3 1/8 in.); Diam (stopper): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.214

Not on View

DescriptionBottle: blown in a mold and finished by tooling. Polished pontil mark. Body cut with eight panels, then intaglio-engraved with stone and copper wheels with a flower on each of four alternating panels and foliage on the other four panels. Interior of neck ground and polished to fit stopper. Stopper: probably pressed. Facet-cut. Shank ground and polished to fit neck of bottle.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 208, no. 92.

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. 727, no. 1227.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 60, no. 92

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