Vase
Vase
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
Date1896-1906; possibly 1907-1910
DimensionsH: 25.2 cm (9 29/32 in.); Rim Diam: 11.0 cm (4 5/16 in.); Base Diam: 9.85 cm (3 7/8 in.)
MediumColorless glass, overlaid with light green glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Object number
1951.9
Not on View
DescriptionBody blown and finished by tooling. Applied foot. Upper section of body engraved in the rock crystal style with two panels with three-leaf clovers and two panels with thistles, separated by bands of geometric motifs. Lower section of body panel-cut to hexagonal form; edges of panels notched. Underside of foot cut with a small circle of rays in center, surrounded by a hob star.
Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 198, no. 130.
Fauster, Carl. U., "Libbey Color-Cased Glass circa 1920;" Glass, vol. 1, no. 2, January-February 1973, repr. p. 43.
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. 717, no. 1204, colorpl. 1204, p. 765
Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Cut Glass of the Brilliant Period, exhibition, February 5-26, 1967 (no catalog)The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 63, no. 130
probably 1870-1890
Probably second quarter of first century
Probably second quarter of first century
Second quarter to mid-first century CE
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