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Sherbet Glass

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company (American, 1919 - 1935)

Date1920-1930

DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Rim Diam: 4 1/32 in. (10.2 cm); Base Diam: 3 7/32 in. (8.2 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1983.52

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DescriptionLibbey no. 1773 sherbet glass. Bowl blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a wafer to an air-twist stem. Applied tooled foot. Concave, polished pontil mark. Stem cut to a hexagonal cross section. Bowl and underside of foot rock-crystal-engraved with stone wheels with a pattern of stylized foliate forms.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 16, n.d. (probably 1920-25), p. 15, right (no. 1773 sherbet).

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. 743, no. 1272.