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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1896-1900

DimensionsH: 35.4 cm (13 15/16 in.); Rim Diam: 12.95 cm (5 3/32 in.); Base Diam: 13.35 cm (5 1/4 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.48

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. Applied solid knop, stem, and foot. Prismatic polished cutting on neck. Stars cut on exterior of lip. Body intaglio-engraved, probably with stone wheels, with three wreaths, each enclosing a shield with three vertical bars below a field with thirteen stars. Underside of foot engraved with a large five-pointed star with small stars between the points.

Published ReferencesThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 119.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 201, no. 90.

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. 717, no. 1203.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 60, no. 90.