Vase
Vase
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company, a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
(American, 1935-1943)
Designer
Edwin W. Fuerst
(1903-1988)
Date1941
DimensionsH: 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
MediumGlass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of the Libbey Glass Company, a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Object number
1943.18
Not on View
Description#9769 vase, Z2359, cut decoration. Thick colorless glass, blown in a paste mold, tooled; top and edge of rim cut, and large concave pontil mark and surrounding edge cut and polished; upper surface cut with three sets of five mitre cuts each of varied lengths.
Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 21.2, p. 34, 9769, Z2359.
Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, IA, 1968, p. 104, fig. 89.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass, A Tradition of 150 Years, 1968, no. 173, repr. p. 53, left.
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