Suite of six beverage glasses in Nob Hill Pattern

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Suite of six beverage glasses in Nob Hill Pattern

Artist Freda Diamond (American, 1905-1998)

Manufacturer Libbey Glass, Division of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1919 - 1935)

Datedesigned: about 1963

DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm).

MediumColorless glass, automatically blown in mold

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Libbey Glass Inc.

Object number

2012.87

Not on View

DescriptionMachine-blown colorless glass with straight walls, enforced, beaded edge, and flat base with protruding hob nails.

Published ReferencesTaragin, Davira S., The alliance of art and industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America, Hudson Hills Press, 2002, p. 157, pl. 3

Cf: “Freda Diamond,” in Setting the Precedent: Four Women Who Excelled in Business, National Museum of American History, Smithsonain Institution, 2002

Diamond, Freda, The Story of Glass, Harcourt Brace, 1953.

Zollweg, Robert, 200 Years of Glass: A History of Libbey Glass, Toledo, OH, University of Toledo Press, 2019, fig. 3-34, repr. col. p. 60.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Toledo Designs for a Modern America, Mar. 24-Jun. 16, 2002.