Vase with Two Handles

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Vase with Two Handles

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1910-1919

DimensionsH: 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Base Diam: 5 3/32 in. (12.95 cm); Max W (with handles): 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.57

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DescriptionBody blown and finished by tooling. Joined by an applied knop to the foot. Two applied handles. Intaglio-engraved, primarily with stone wheels, details with copper wheels, with two sunflowers, stems, and leaves. Exterior of handles engraved with a chain of two florets and geometric motifs. Large, deep, polished pontil mark encircled by band of two sunflower buds and stems.

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. 731, no. 1238.