Jug
Jug
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
Date1900-1910
DimensionsH: 7 7/8 in. (20.0 cm); Base Diam: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); W (with handle): 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm)
MediumColorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Object number
1951.25
Not on View
DescriptionBlown in a paste mold and finished by tooling. Applied solid handle. Body copper-wheel-engraved with garlands of leaves and berries, daisylike flowers, and stylized stems of wheat, with three plain rectangles on lower section, polished and matte-finished. Exterior of handle engraved with a row of seven stylized daisies with stylized leaves. Underside of base engraved in center of polished pontil mark with an eight-petaled flower with berries between the petals, surrounded by a circle of diamonds with smaller diamonds between them, encircled by a band of triple leaves and berries like those on the body.
Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 726, no. 1225.
First half of the first century
1790-1820
Escher GuneWardena Architecture in collaboration with Gary Steinborn and Robert Wenzke
2012
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
3rd-2nd century B.C.E.
Second half of the 1st century CE
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