Cane or Shepherd's Crook

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Cane or Shepherd's Crook

Artist John Brown (American)

ManufacturerProbably Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Dateabout 1900

DimensionsL: 157.4 cm (62 in.); Max W (arch): 10.7 cm (4 7/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass gather on which four canes, each made up of glass of different colors were picked up. Overlaid with colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of C. W. Fisher

Object number

1951.235

Not on View

DescriptionPatterned in a vertically ribbed dip mold, then removed, twisted, drawn out, and tooled to form a cane.

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. 759, no. 1310.