Tumbler

Designer Arthur Douglas Nash (American, 1885-1940)

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

Dateabout 1932

DimensionsH: 5 15/32 in. (13.9 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/32 in. (5.15 cm); Rim Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.15 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown with caught bubble decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of the Swisher and Homer D. Roberts Families

Object number

1969.234

Not on View

DescriptionCascade, K-16 Jewels, colorless glass, first gather of glass introduced into mold containing a regular pattern of projecting points and indented by them; covered with a second gather of glass that entraped air in each of the indentations, blown in a paste mold, cracked off and rim fire polished.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 22, p. 10A, left, Cascade K-16, Jewels (tumbler illustrated only by line drawing; goblet illustrates air trap pattern).