Sherry Glass

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Sherry Glass

Designer Arthur Douglas Nash (American, 1885-1940)

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

Dateabout 1931-1935

DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown, engraved decoration, pressed stem

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of the Swisher and Homer D. Roberts Families

Object number

1969.239

Not on View

DescriptionLyric, K58-1065. Colorless glass, bowl blown probably in a paste mold, applied by a wafer to a short stem with twelve vertical ribs, probably formed in a dip mold, applied by a wafer to a slightly sloping foot formed by tooling. Rim apparently sheared and fire polished; polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 22, p. 5-B, right, Lyric, K58-1065.