Finger Bowl and Plate

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1896-1900

DimensionsH (together): 7.2 cm (2 27/32 in.); Rim Diam (bowl): 12.0 cm (4 23/32 in.); H (bowl): 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); H (plate): 3.1 cm (1 7/32 in.); Diam (plate): 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.80

Not on View

DescriptionBlanks for both pieces probably blown in molds and cracked off. Both cut with the Strawberry Diamond and Fan pattern.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives2, n.d. (1893-94), pp. 23-25.

Daniel, Dorothy, Cut and Engraved Glass, 1771-1905, New York, M. Barrows, 1950, pp. 226-229 (pattern no. 18), pl. 95 (similar bowl).

Keefe, John W., "Libbey Cut and Engraved Glass," Antiques, vol. 94, September 1968, p. 394-399 (Reprint 2, pp. 205-210), repr. p. 396, fig. 5 (Reprint 2, p. 207).

Fauster, Carl U., "Brilliant Period Cut Glass (1880-1905)," Antiques Dealer, vol. 25, no. 7, July 1973, repr. p. 39.

Horton, Christine, "Patterns, Patents, and Trademarks of Cut and Engraved Glass, Pt. 1: An Insight into Cut Glass of the Brilliant Period," American Antiques, vol. 5, no. 5, May 1977, repr. p. 23, bottom right (plate).

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 185, top ill., left and second from left, bottom row.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 658, no. 1043.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Crystal: A Historical Exhibition of Libbey Glass, exh. brochure, Toledo, Ohio, 1951, n.p. (8).

The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: Triumphs of the Factory, 1888-1920, exhibition, August 14-September 25, 1988 (no catalog).