Water Goblet
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Water Goblet
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
Date1903-1904
DimensionsH: 16.55 cm (6 3/16 in.); Rim Diam: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
MediumColorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Object number
1969.53
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 120.
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Paul N. Perrot, ed., "Recent Important Acquisitions," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 12, 1970, repr. p. 180, no. 58.
Horton, Christine, "Cut Glass-1880-1915: 'The Brilliant Period,'" American Antiques, vol. 4, no. 5, May 1976, repr. p. 39.
Fauster, Carl U., "Libbey Cut Glass Exhibit St. Louis World's Fair 1904," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 19, 1977, pp. 167-168, repr. fig. 10.
Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 208, no. 114, repr. p. 234, fig. 2.
Spillman, Jane Shadel and Suzanne K. Frantz, Masterpieces of American Glass, Corning Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Lilian Nassau, Ltd., New York, Crown, 1990, repr. p. 41, fig. 65, p. 93 (TMA 1964.54, 1969.84, and 1969.86, plus two Corning pieces in the set).
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. 719, no. 1208.
Exhibition HistoryLouisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition, St. Louis, 1904.The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 62, no. 114, repr. p. 47.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: Triumphs of the Factory, 1888-1920, exhibition, August 14-September 25, 1988 (no catalog).
Spillman, Jane Shadel and Suzanne K. Frantz, intro. by Nina A. Asharina, Shedevri Amerikanskogo Stekla [Masterpieces of American Glass from the Collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Toledo Museum of Art], exh. cat., Moscow, Soviet Press, 1990, p. 70, no. 64, repr. p. 71.
Label TextThis water goblet and the other five matching pieces is part of a 90-piece service of stemware made especially for the Libbey Glass Company display at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition in St. Louis. The floral decoration on each glass includes the fleur-de-lis, a symbol of the City of St. Louis.Membership
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