Cracker Jar and Cover

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Cracker Jar and Cover

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1910-1920

DimensionsH (with cover): 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.); H (without cover): 15.8 cm (6 7/32 in.); Rim Diam (jar): 13.0 cm (5 1/8 in.); Base Diam (jar): 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.217

Not on View

DescriptionBlanks for bowl and cover probably blown in molds and finished by tooling. Bowl cut with the New Brilliant pattern. Applied finial on cover. Cover cut with a diamond pattern; finial cut with facets and panels.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 199, no. 133.

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. 679, no. 1095.

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. 63, no. 133.

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