Celery Tray

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Celery Tray

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1906-1910

DimensionsH: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); Rim L: 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.); Rim W: 12.65 cm (4 31/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Robert C. Douglas

Object number

1961.40

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 700 celery tray. Blank pressed in a mold that included the major elements of the Elmore pattern and some minor details. Cut with a stone wheel but left unfinished and incomplete. Minor elements of the pattern (leaf sprays on both sides and ends) remain as pressed, never touched by a cutting wheel.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives8, n.d. (1904-5), pl. 17, p. 18 ($6).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives4, 1905, pp. 59, 60 ($6).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives9, n.d. (1906-7), pl. 16, p. 17 ($6.25).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives5, 1908, pl. 20, bottom ($5).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives6, 1909, pl. 10, bottom left ($5).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives7, 1910, p. 18, top ($5).

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. 696, no. 1141.

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