Covered Candy Jar

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Covered Candy Jar

Designer Edwin W. Fuerst (1903-1988)

Artist Libbey Glass Company, a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company (American, 1935-1943)

Date1940-1945

DimensionsH: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); W: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)

MediumGlass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Object number

1969.40A-B

On View

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

DescriptionLibbey 9708 Candy Jar, engraving Z-2264. Colorless glass, bowl blown in a paste mold, applied to a cast or pressed base; cracked off and rim ground and polished; bottom, sides and edges of base cut and polished. Cover blown, probably in a paste mold, applied to a cast or pressed finial, rim ground and polished; finial cut and polished. Bowl stone wheel engraved with a leaping faun.

Published ReferencesRichmond, Andrew, The Tradition of Progress: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1860-1945, Lancaster, Ohio, Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 2015, repr. (col.) p. 106, no. 144.Exhibition HistoryLancaster, Ohio, The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, A Tradition of Progress: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1860-1945, Feb. 7-May 17, 2015.