Footed Decanter and Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1903-1904

DimensionsH with stopper 48.3 cm (19 1/32 in.); H without stopper 40.8 cm (16 1/16 in.); D rim 3.9 cm (1 17/32 in.); D base 11.8 cm (4 21/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Helen Teal Shepherd in memory of Morton DeWitt Teal

Object number

1958.73

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives11, n.d. (1903-1904), pp. 10, left, 13 ($60)

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives4, n.d. (1905), pp. 13, 16 ($40)

"Glass of the Brilliant Period," Antiques, vol. 92, no. 6, repr. p. 870

Pearson, Study, repr. p. 165, pl. 150

Pearson, J. Michael, Encyclopedia of American Cut and Engraved Glass, 1880-1917, 3 vols., vol 1, Geometric Conceptions; vol. 2, Realistic Patterns; vol. 3, Geometric Motifs, Miami Beach, Fla., author, 1975, 1977, 1978, vol. 3, repr. p. 227.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 200, no. 118

"Unusual Shapes," Hobstar, vol. 7, no. 6, March 1985, repr. p. 1

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. 672, no. 1078.

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. 62, no. 118

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

Label TextThis vase was reportedly made for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair to be placed on the large cut-glass table that was part of the Libbey Glass display (see the table in this gallery). The table and this decanter are cut with the same pattern, called Neola.