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Wine glass

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1903-1904

DimensionsH: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); Rim Diam: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Base Diam: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Object number

1969.84

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DescriptionBowl blown, possibly in a paste mold for shape. Applied stem and foot. All finished by tooling. Bowl copper-wheel-engraved in the rock crystal style with three stylized orchids alternating with three Prince of Wales feathers, or an elaborate fleur-de-lis, with an area left blank for an initial or monogram. Stem and underside of foot engraved with orchids and foliage.

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. 720, no. 1209.

Zollweg, Robert, 200 Years of Glass: A History of Libbey Glass, Toledo, OH, University of Toledo Press, 2019, fig. 3-14, repr. col. p. 54.