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Ewer

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company (American, 1919 - 1935)

Date1924

DimensionsH: 11 13/16 in. (30.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.23

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DescriptionBody blown in a mold that formed six swags around the base. Joined by a wafer to an applied tooled foot with an upward-folded edge. Applied solid handle. Polished pontil mark. Body with rock-crystal engraving. Underside of foot rock-crystal-engraved with a wreath of four leafy branches joined by four quatrefoil flowers.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 735, no. 1249.