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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1905-1910

DimensionsH: 15 3/8 in. (39.0 cm); Rim Diam: 6 21/32 in. (16.9 cm); Base Diam: 5 19/32 in. (14.2 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.58

Not on View

DescriptionBody blown and finished by tooling. Joined by an applied knop to the foot. Intaglio-engraved with stone wheels with three pairs of stylized flowers (probably old roses) around the neck, linked by sprays of buds below; three sets of flowers and tendrils around lower section, all matte. Underside of foot engraved with three groups of flower blossoms and leaves, joined by a series of circles, all matte finish.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 136.

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. 731, no. 1239.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 63, no. 136.