Pitcher

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

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

Date1883-1893

DimensionsH: 32.0 cm (12 19/32 in.); W (across mouth): 8.6 cm (3 13/32 in.); Max W: 15.35 cm (6 1/32 in.); Base Diam: 11.2 cm (4 13/32 in.)

MediumRuby glass body and greenish amber handle.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1958.64

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and optic-molded with a lozenge pattern, then finished by tooling. Applied handle formed in a triangular dip mold. Concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesBaer, Nell Jaffe, "Joseph Locke and His Art Glass," Auction (Parke-Bernet Galleries), vol. 2, no. 8, April 1968, pp. 10-12; reprinted in The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 98, August 1971, pp. 8-12, repr. p. 11.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 111.

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. 605, no. 969.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 78, no. 258.