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ManufacturerProbably Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Dateabout 1900

DimensionsH: 24.7 cm (9 23/32 in.); Rim Diam: 10.1 cm (3 31/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.9 cm (3 29/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass, overlaid with deep blue glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Object number

1969.50

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. Plain base with remains of concave pontil mark. Deeply acid-etched scene of house, trees, and foliage. Background largely matte, with some semimatte areas; blue areas have natural-glass finish.

Published ReferencesFauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 196, no. 223, color fig. 37

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. 694, no. 1137, colorpl. 1137, p. 763.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 68, no. 223

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