Cocktail glass
Cocktail glass
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company, a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
(American, 1935-1943)
Designer
Edwin W. Fuerst
(1903-1988)
Date1940
DimensionsH: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
MediumClear glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Libbey Glass Company
Object number
1940.167
Not on View
DescriptionThe Monticello - 5700 Line, Modern American Glassware. Colorless glass, bowl blown, probably in a paste mold, attached directly to a reeded stem of circular cross section, pressed in a mold, probably of two vertical sections, attached to an applied, tooled foot. No pontil mark, slight shear mark evident. Bowl probably cracked off and finished by fire polishing or grinding.
Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 21.4, p. 9, The Monticello - 5700 Line, right.
Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 21.4, p. 74, The Monticello - 5700 Line, no. 5776.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass, A Tradition of 150 Years, 1968, no. 54.
Libbey Glass Company, a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
around 1940
Libbey Glass Company, a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1939
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