Chain
Chain
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
ArtistAttributed to
Cloyd M. Mills
(American)
Dateabout 1905
DimensionsL: 209.0 cm (82 5/16 in.)
MediumGlass; tooled, assorted colors
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Cloyd M. Mills
Object number
1968.67
Not on View
DescriptionChain composed of links of colorless glass alternating with links of colored filigree glass (amethyst, white, and green) or twisted opaque white glass, with a larger link of ruby filigree glass at one end and another of blue glass at the other end.
Published ReferencesSpillman, Jane Shadel, Glass Bottles, Lamps, and Other Objects, New York, Knopf, 1983, no. 218.
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. 760, no. 1313.
250-150 BCE
4th-6th century CE
Fourth century
Late 19th century
Royal Ironworks of Berlin or Gleiwitz, Silesia
about 1825
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