Vase
Vase
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co.
DateProbably 1920-1925
DimensionsH: 44.3 cm (17 7/16 in.); Rim Diam: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 15.3 cm (6 1/32 in.)
MediumColorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Object number
1951.52
Not on View
DescriptionBody blown and finished by tooling. Joined by an applied rounded knop to the very slightly sloping foot. Polished pontil mark. Lower body cut with six polished diamonds enclosing prism cuts. Middle of body stone-wheel-engraved with three stylized orchids, foliage, and three sets of vertically graduated printies around neck and with bands of geometric motifs. Underside of foot stone-wheel-engraved with circle of six orchids and leaves.
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. 732, no. 1241.
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