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Manufacturer W. L. Libbey and Son Glass Co., New England Glass Works (American, 1888-1892)

Date1889-1890

DimensionsH: 16.45 cm (6 15/32 in.); Rim Diam: 8.2 cm (3 7/32 in.)

MediumMaize glass, opaque white.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Belknap

Object number

1965.189

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the pattern and a base plate to form the plain base, by the blow-over and crack-off method. The rim finished by grinding. No pontil mark. The raised leaves are enameled light green.

Published ReferencesBelknap, E. M., Milk Glass, New York, Crown, 1949, repr. p. 119, no. 107, right.

Barret, Richard Carter, Identification of American Art Glass, Manchester, VT, Forward's Color Reproductions, 1964, pl. 14, row 1, no. 1.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, OH, 1969, repr. p. 115.

Revi, Albert C., American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles, New York and Toronto, Nelson, 1964, p. 258, no. 908 (repr. of advertisement, Crockery and Glass Journal, August 8, 1889, p. 6).

Grover, Ray and Lee Grover, Art Glass Nouveau, Rutland, VT, C. E. Tuttle, 1967, pp. 219-220, fig. 422.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, OH, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 196, no. 215; p. 226, fig. 1, no. 908 (repr. of advertisement, W. L. Libbey and Son Company, Pottery and Glassware Reporter, August 1889).

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, OH, 1969, repr. p. 115.

Hilschenz, Helga, Das Glas des Jugendstils: Katalog der Sammlung Hentrich im Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Munich, Prestel Verlag, 1973; see also Helga Hilschenz-Mlynek and Helmut Ricke, Glas: Historismus, Jugendstil, Art Déco, vol. 1, France: Die Sammlung Hentrich im Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Munich, Prestel, 1985, p. 465, fig. 422.

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. 618, no. 998.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, E. M. Belknap Collection of Milk Glass, exh. cat., 1949

The Toledo Museum of Art, Belknap Collection of Milk Glass, exh. cat., 1965

The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 68, no. 215

Metropolitan Museum, New York, N.Y. 1970.

Miami University Art Museum, Glass: Pre-Roman to the Present, Oxford, Ohio, November 8, 1980-February 8, 1981, repr. in brochure

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio. 2005.