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Vase
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
Date1908-1909
DimensionsH: 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm); Rim Diam: 6 7/32 in. (15.8 cm); Base Diam: 5 1/4 in. (13.35 cm)
MediumColorless glass; mold-blown and cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Virginia C. Law in memory of her husband, Edwin Tracy Law
Object number
1978.23
Not on View
DescriptionLibbey no. 551 14-inch vase. Blank probably blown in a mold. Cut with Libbey pattern no. 87. Underside of base cut with a large thirty-two-pointed star.
Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 5, 1908, pl. 32, right (12-in. vase, $22).
Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 6, 1909, pl. 31 (same as Archives 5).
Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 7, 1910, pl. 23, left (same as Archives 5).
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. 701, no. 1157.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: Triumphs of the Factory, 1888-1920, August 14-September 25, 1988 (no catalog).
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