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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1910-1920

DimensionsH: 31.0 cm (12 7/32 in.); Rim Diam: 14.1 cm (5 17/32 in.); Base Diam: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.60

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DescriptionBody blown, probably in a paste mold, and finished by tooling. Applied foot. Underside of base ground and polished, with concave, polished pontil mark in center. Band of cut and polished vertical ovals around shoulder, stone-wheel-engraved with three stalks of stylized flowers (possibly corn lilies) and geometric motifs above and a band of stylized cherries and flowers below.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 143.

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. 1240.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 63, no. 143.