Decanter and Stopper

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Decanter and Stopper

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

Date1930

DimensionsH (with stopper): 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm); H (without stopper): 10 13/32 in. (26.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Base Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass; mold-blown, tooled, cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.65A-B

Not on View

DescriptionDecanter: blank blown, probably in a mold, then finished by tooling. Interior of neck ground and polished to fit stopper. Body cut with panels and strawberry diamonds. Concave, polished pontil mark. Stopper: probably pressed, then cut. Shank ground and polished to fit neck of decanter.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 39, 1933, p. 44, bottom 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. 1192.