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Decanter and Stopper

Place of OriginProbably Europe; possibly United States
Date1790-1820 (decanter and stopper), 1920-1930 (engraving probably added)
DimensionsH (with stopper): 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm); H (without stopper): 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Base Diam: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
MediumDecanter: colorless non-lead glass; stopper: colorless lead glass. Decanter: blown and finished by tooling. Stopper: pressed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1959.45A-B
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesOtto Wittmann, "New Accessions," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer 1960, repr. p. 66.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 58.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, pp. 51-55, repr. p. 55.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 88.

Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 69.

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. 822, no. 1407.

Decanter and Stopper
Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company
1920-1921
Decanter and Stopper
Dominick Labino
1965
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Libbey Glass Company
Probably 1910-1919
Decanter and Stopper
Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works
1815-1817

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