Butter Dish and Cover

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Butter Dish and Cover

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company American, 1892-1919

Manufacturer W. L. Libbey and Son Props., New England Glass Works American, 1888-1892

DateDish 1890-1900; cover possibly 1907

DimensionsH (together): 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm); H (cover): 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); Diam (cover): 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); Diam (dish): 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm); H (dish): 1 5/16 in. (3.35 cm)

MediumDish: colorless glass with a yellowish tinge; blank probably blown in a plain mold, cut. Cover: colorless glass; blank blown, possibly in a paste mold. Applied knop, cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.215A-B

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Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesW. L. Libbey and Son trade catalogue, Boston, n.d. (possibly 1888), p. 7, no. 66 (5- and 6-in. covered dishes in this pattern).

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 181, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 199, no. 78.

Boggess, Bill and Louise Boggess, Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass, New York, Crown, 1984, p. 102, no. 382 (cheese dish and cover in this pattern from a Pairpoint catalogue).

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. 657, no. 1040.

Exhibition HistoryThe 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. 59, no. 78.