Decanter and Stopper

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Decanter and Stopper

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

Date1930

DimensionsH (with stopper): 15 7/32 in. (38.6 cm); H (without stopper): 11 7/32 in. (28.5 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/32 in. (5.5 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass. Decanter: blank blown, possibly in a mold, then finished by tooling. Stopper: blown and finished by tooling.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.64A-B

Not on View

DescriptionInterior of neck ground and polished to fit stopper. Large, concave pontil mark. Base around pontil mark ground and polished. Body cut with flutes, printies, and panels. Stopper cut to match decanter.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 205, no. 157.

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. 1193.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 64, no. 157.