Footed Decanter with Handle

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Footed Decanter with Handle

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1905-1910

DimensionsH: 40.4 cm (15 29/32 in.); Base Diam: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.67

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DescriptionLibbey no. 625 handled decanter. Body blown in a mold. Applied handle. Applied foot. No pontil mark. Body cut from top to bottom with five plain flutes and three partial flutes under handle. All areas except around handle engraved in the rock-crystal style, primarily with stone wheels with details engraved with copper wheels, with a stylized pattern of orchids. Exterior of handle panel cut and engraved with a flower on the thumbpiece and a stylized leaf spray below. Top of foot engraved with a stylized wreath; underside of foot ground and polished. Interior of mouth ground and polished for stopper.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives4, n.d. (1905), p. 13 (form).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives11, n.d. (1903-1904), p. 10 (form).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives13, n.d. (1905-10), p. 16 (form).

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. 723, no. 1220.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: Triumphs of the Factory, 1888-1920, August 14-September 25, 1988 (no catalog).