Jar and Cover

DateProbably 1920-1925

DimensionsH (with cover): 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.); H (without cover): 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); Rim Diam: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); Base Diam: 11.25 cm (4 7/16 in.)

MediumJar and cover: colorless glass, overlaid with deep amethyst (appearing black) glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Carl R. Megowen in memory of Carl R. Megowen

Object number

1968.60

Not on View

DescriptionJar: blown, probably in a paste mold, and finished by tooling. Engraved with the same pattern and in the same manner as ACGC, p. 729, no. 1234. Large, concave, polished pontil mark in slightly concave base. Cover: blown and finished by tooling. Applied finial of colorless glass. Top of cover cut with three rows of printies. Top of finial facet-cut.

Published ReferencesGlass, vol. 1, no. 2, January-February, 1973, cover;

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 151, color fig. 45;

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. 730, no. 1235, colorpl. 1235, p. 766.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 64, no. 151.