Jug
Jug
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company
(American, 1919 - 1935)
Date1920
DimensionsH: 8 31/32 in. (22.75 cm); Base Diam: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); Max Body W: 6 27/32 in. (17.4 cm)
MediumColorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Object number
1969.47
Not on View
DescriptionLibbey no. 630 two-quart jug. Blown, probably in a paste mold, and finished by tooling. Applied solid handle. Rough waffle pontil mark. Body stone-wheel-engraved with rushes, cattails, and lily pads. Lower portion of side, near bottom, acid-etched to simulate water.
Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 19, n.d. (1918-25), sheet 145, bottom left (same form, similar engraved pattern).
Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, OH, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 204, no. 148.
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. 726, no. 1224.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, OH, 1968, p. 64, no. 148.
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