Whiskey Jug and Stopper

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Whiskey Jug and Stopper

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

DateProbably 1910-1919

DimensionsH (with stopper): 9 5/32 in. (23.3 cm); H (without stopper): 7 23/32 in. (19.6 cm); Max Body W: 4 9/16 in. (10.9 cm); Base Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass. Jug: blank blown in a mold and finished by tooling. Stopper: probably pressed, cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Kirby, Jr.

Object number

1963.40A-B

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 1136 pinch whiskey jug. Cut on the shoulder with six flutes with fine-notched edges and on the sides with three pentagon-shaped panels. Engraved on the panels with Libbey pattern no. 269: corn, barley, and rye. Underside of base cut with a sixteen-pointed even-rayed star. Cut with a fine diamond pattern. Shank ground and polished to fit decanter neck.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 18, n.d. (1918-25), p. 12, no. 46, top center (no. 1136, Pinch Why. Jug no. 269, $16).

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, p. 240, bottom.

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. 703, no. 1161.

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