Vase

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

Date1920-1930

DimensionsH: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.); Rim Diam: 12.0 cm (4 3/4 in.); Max Diam: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.); Base Diam: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass, overlaid with deep amethyst glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of C. Justus Wilcox

Object number

1951.297

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 1415 10 1/2-inch vase. Body blown and finished by tooling. Applied knop and foot. No pontil mark. Cut and stone-wheel-engraved with a band of two orchids with stems and leaves around the body; outer and underside of base ground and polished.

Published ReferencesLibbey pattern book, Toledo Museum of Art Archives24, n.d. (ca. 1887-ca. 1935), no. 1415, 10 1/2 in.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 121.

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. 730, no. 1236, colorpl. 1236, p. 766.