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Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Manufacturer W. L. Libbey and Son Props., New England Glass Works (American, 1888-1892)

Date1883-1893

DimensionsRim Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); H: 2 9/32 in. (5.8 cm); Max Body W: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

MediumAmberina glass; blown and optic-molded with a diamond pattern, then finished by tooling.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Marie W. Greenhalgh in memory of her parents, Alice Libbey Walbridge and William S. Walbridge

Object number

1958.62

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DescriptionConcave, polished pontil mark, surrounded by circle of polished base.

Published ReferencesFairfield, William E., Fire & Sand...the History of the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, vol. 1, Cleveland, Ohio, Lezius-Hiles, 1960, repr. p. 45.

Fauster, Carl U., Amberina 1884 and 1917, Toledo, Ohio, Antique and Historic Glass Foundation, 1970, p. 6, no. 3, bottom row, second from left (repr. of page from Joseph Locke's sketchbook of about 1885).

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 348, fig. 309.

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. 608, no. 979.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Art in Crystal: A Historical Exhibition of Libbey Glass, exh. brochure, Toledo, Ohio, 1951, n.p. (8) (lent by Mrs. Greenhalgh).