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Jug

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1900-1906

DimensionsH: 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.); Base Diam: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.22

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 629 jug. Body blown in a paste mold and finished by tooling. Applied handle. Polished pontil mark. Body engraved, probably primarily with stone wheels, with details engraved with copper wheels, with a pattern of poppies, stems, and leaves. Exterior of handle engraved with a stylized flower at the top and three flowers at the bottom, each joined by a stylized leaf pattern, with geometric motifs between the two. Underside of base engraved with a circle formed of three tendrils of leaves.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives33, 1905, pp. 23, 25 (form).

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, pp. 277, 279 (repr. of pages 23, 25 from Toledo Museum of Art Archives33).

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. 1218.

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