Decanter and Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company (American, 1919 - 1935)

Date1920s

DimensionsH (with stopper): 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm); H (without stopper): 9 19/32 in. (24.35 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Max W: 4 7/32 in. (10.7 cm)

MediumColorless glass; mold blown, cut, tooled, ground, and polished.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.62

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 599 quart decanter. Decanter: blank blown in a mold. Body cut with pattern no. 0611. Underside of base cut with twelve short sets of gang rays, each made up of ten or eleven fine ribs extending from near edge about 2.5 cm (1 in.) toward center. Stopper: blown, probably in a mold, and finished by tooling. Cut with six flutes. End of shank ground and polished to fit neck of decanter.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 16, n.d. (probably 1920-25), p. 30, left.

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. 713, no. 1191.