Cocktail Glass with Knickerbocker Pattern

Designer Libbey Studios (American)

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

Dateabout 1932

DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

MediumColorless glass; mold-blown, blown, applied, cut, and polished.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of H. Charles Yaeger

Object number

2004.32

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionKnickerbocker pattern. 4 oz. glass.

Label TextWith the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, there was an increased demand for cocktail ware, which Libbey Glass Company provided in sleek designs to appeal to the modern taste for clean, simple lines with little decoration.Published ReferencesComparative ReferencesSee also D. Taragin in: Toledo Designs, p. 161, pl. 9. c. f. C. U. Fauster, Libbey Glass since 1818, p. 334. See also Libbey-Nash Catalog Reprint, 1933, Section C, 7 C.