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Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1901-1906

DimensionsH: 37.7 cm (14 27/32 in.); Rim Diam: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)

MediumThick colorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of W. W. Knight, Jr., Milton Knight, Edward F. Knight, Samuel B. Knight, and Mrs. Harris McIntosh

Object number

1969.255

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionBlank blown and finished by tooling. Cut with a combination of the Aztec and Comet patterns. Underside of base cut with a large hob star.

Label TextThis vase does not conform to any known Libbey pattern or specific combination of patterns, and was thus likely made as a special commission, individual in both shape and cut pattern.Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalogs, Toledo Museum of Art Archives10 and AR-12, n.d. (1901-1902), p. 2 and elsewhere;

Wiener, Herbert and Freda Lipkowitz, Rarities in American Cut Glass, Houston, Tex., Collectors House of Books, 1975, p. 65, bottom right (Aztec-pattern compote); p. 235 (Comet pattern).

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. 667, no. 1069.

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