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Vase

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

DateProbably 1920-1925

DimensionsH: 11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm); Rim Diam: 7 in. (17.8 cm); Base Diam: 5 7/32 in. (13.25 cm)

MediumGlass; blown and tooled, applied foot, ground, and polished.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. John H. Wright

Object number

1955.7

Not on View

DescriptionColorless glass, overlaid with intense dark green glass. Body probably blown and finished by tooling. Applied base ring or collar. Applied domed foot. Outer and undersides of foot ground and polished. No pontil mark. Engraved, probably mostly with stone wheels, and details with copper wheels, with one branch of stylized flowers (orchids?) and foliage that encircles the piece.

Label TextIn response to consumer demand, many stylistic changes took place in tablewares and accessories during the 1920s. Chief among them were the introduction on a large scale of colored glass and the transition from deeply cut and engraved wares to “light” cutting and engraving, as seen on this vase and others in this display case.Published ReferencesThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 121.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 104.

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. 729, no. 1234.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 61, no. 104 (where incorrectly dated 1900-1910).