Cane

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Cane

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

DateProbably about 1920

DimensionsL: 30 9/16 in. (77.6 cm); Max W (arch): 3 11/32 in. (8.55 cm)

MediumFlat strip of opal glass bearing on one side a yellow cane in the center and a blue cane at each edge, and on the other side a yellow cane in the center and a red cane on each edge. Overlaid with colorless glass. Twisted, drawn, and tooled to form.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sess

Object number

1984.18

Not on View

Published ReferencesNewman, Harold, An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass, London, Thames and Hudson, 1977, pp. 334-335.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 162, bottom.

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. 758, no. 1308.