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Cordial Glass

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1903-1904

DimensionsH: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); Rim Diam: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.); Base Diam: 4.3 cm (1 1/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Object number

1969.86

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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. 721, no. 1212.