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Water Goblet

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company American, 1892-1919

Date1904

DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

MediumLead glass; blown and copper wheel engraved

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Object number

1969.81

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass, A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, 1969, repr. p. 120.

"Recent Important Acquisitions," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 12, 1970, repr. p. 180.

Horton, Christine, "Cut Glass - 1880-1915, The Brilliant Period," American Antiques, vol. 4, no. 5, May 1976, p. 39.

Fauster, Carl U., "Libbey cut glass exhibition, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 19, 1977, pp. 167, 168, repr. fig. 10.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey glass since 1818, Toledo, OH, 1979, repr. p. 208, 234.

Exhibition HistorySt. Louis World's Fair, 1904.

Libbey Glass - A Tradition of 150 Years, Toledo Museum of Art, 1968, ill. p. 47, cat. no. 114.

Label TextThis water goblet and the matching wine glass are part of a 90-piece service of stemware made especially for the Libbey Glass Company display at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition in St. Louis. The floral decoration on each glass includes the fleur-de-lis, a symbol of the City of St. Louis.