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

Date1920-1925

DimensionsH: 12.0 cm (4 23/32 in.); Rim Diam: 31.5 cm (12 13/32 in.); Base Diam: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass, overlaid with deep blue glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Jane DeVilbiss Shuey

Object number

1983.89

Not on View

DescriptionLibbey no. 1593 bowl. Blown in a mold with ten vertical ribs, then in a paste mold to achieve a subtle optic effect, and finished by tooling. Polished pontil mark. Exterior of bowl cut with a geometric pattern and engraved with a band of matte quatrefoil flowers with polished centers joined by a string of polished circles.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives17, n.d. (1918-25), sheets 15, 16 (no. 1593, 12-in. bowl).

A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever, The Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company, Ames-Kiebler Co., n.d. (1920-25), [repr. in Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 306 (no. 1593, 12-in. bowl, shown engraved with four different patterns).

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. 712, no. 1189, colorpl. 1189, p. 763.

Zollweg, Robert, 200 Years of Glass: A History of Libbey Glass, Toledo, OH, University of Toledo Press, 2019, fig. 3-16, repr. col. p. 55.