Vase

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1910-1915

DimensionsH: 35.3 cm (13 29/32 in.); Rim Diam: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); Max W (body): 14.5 cm (5 23/32 in.); Base Diam: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass, overlaid with ruby glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Marilyn M. Logan in memory of Richard D. Logan, Jr.

Object number

1979.50

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 3001 vase. Bowl blown, probably in a paste mold, and finished by tooling. Applied knop, stem, and foot. Knop and upper surface of foot cut with a series of printies and elongated printies, respectively. Body intaglio-engraved with stone wheels with three branches of flowers, buds, stems, and leaves. Underside of foot ground flat with slightly concave pontil mark in center, all polished.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives17, n.d. (1918-25), sheet 20 (form no. 3001).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives16, n.d. (probably 1920-25), p. 20 (no. 3001).

The Toledo Museum of Art 1979 Annual Report, Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 21, no. 4, 1979, repr. p. 86.

"Recent Important Acquisitions," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 22, 1980, repr. p. 100, no. 50.

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. 729, no. 1232, colorpl. 1232, p. 765.

Zollweg, Robert, 200 Years of Glass: A History of Libbey Glass, Toledo, OH, University of Toledo Press, 2019, fig. 3-15, repr. col. p. 54.