Beverage Tumblers with Golden Foliage Pattern; Caddy

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Beverage Tumblers with Golden Foliage Pattern; Caddy

Designer Freda Diamond (American, 1905-1998)

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Inc.

Datec. 1960s

DimensionsTumblers: 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (8.9 × 7 cm)
Caddy: 9 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (24.1 × 31.8 × 21 cm)

MediumColorless glass, machine mold-blown with enamel

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Diane C. Wright

Object number

2019.7A-I

Not on View

DescriptionThe tumblers are a set of eight glasses with the golden foliage design and the metal caddy that would be used for serving. They feature an acid etched background that wraps around the center of the vessel’s body and extends to approximately an inch from the rim and an inch from the base. Throughout the body there are various twenty-two carat gold enamel leaves in the shapes of oak, maple, and/or poplar trees. Around the mouth of the vessel there is a thin gold line that is fragmented into three sections and acts as a border to the acid etching. Components: a. Tumbler; b. Tumbler; c. Tumbler; d. Tumbler; e. Tumbler; f. Tumbler; g. Tumbler; h. Tumbler; i. metal caddy

Published ReferencesExhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Celebrating Libbey Glass 1818-2018, May 4-November 25, 2018.Comparative ReferencesSee alsoTaragin, Davira S., The Alliance of Art and Industry Toledo Designs for a Modern America, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 170.

See also Kirkham, Pat, Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference, London and New Haven, Yale University Press, 279-280.

See also Kinchin, Juliet, Modern Women: Women Artists at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 284.