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Goblet

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company (American, 1919 - 1935)

Designer Arthur Douglas Nash (American, 1885-1940)

DateProbably 1920-1930

DimensionsH: 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Base Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of the Swisher and Homer D. Roberts Families

Object number

1969.238

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DescriptionBowl blown in a mold and cracked off, then finished by tooling. Applied stem and foot. No pontil mark. Rim ground and polished. Bowl engraved by stone wheels with three sets of stylized foliate forms alternating with three sets of geometric motifs. Stem facet-cut, with circle of pointed lozenges on underside of foot. All cutting and engraving polished.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 742, no. 1269.