Compote
Compote
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
Date1896-1906
DimensionsH: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); Rim Diam: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.); Base Diam: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.)
MediumColorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of W. W. Knight, Jr., Milton Knight, Edward F. Knight, Samuel B. Knight, and Mrs. Harris McIntosh
Object number
1969.256
Not on View
DescriptionLibbey no. 295 compote. Blank for bowl blown and finished by tooling. Applied drawn and tooled stem and foot. Cut with the Imperial pattern.
Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives3, June 1, 1896, pp. 6, 9-22 (pattern, price list reverse of p. 16: no. 295, Imperial, $24)
Daniel, Dorothy, Cut and Engraved Glass, 1771-1905, New York, M. Barrows, 1950, pp. 264-266, pl. 111 (patent)
Pearson, J. Michael and Dorothy T. Pearson, American Cut Glass for the Discriminating Collector, New York, Vantage, 1965, p. 66, no. 28 (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. 1068.
Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: Triumphs of the Factory, 1888-1920, exhibition, August 14-September 25, 1988 (no catalog).
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