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: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

MediumColorless glass, automatically blown in mold.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Libbey Glass Inc.

Object number

2012.90

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.

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