Bicentennial Set (Premium Giveaway)
Bicentennial Set (Premium Giveaway)
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
(American)
Date1976
Dimensions5 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (14 × 7.3 cm)
MediumColorless glass, machine mold-blown; decorated
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Libbey Glass
Object number
2020.11A-C
Not on View
DescriptionA set of three decorated glasses made by the Libbey Glass Company in 1976 celebrating the America's bicentennial.
a. Coat of Arms (inscribed with 'centennial'; colors on the decorated surface gold, red, blue and white)
b. Military motif (armed soldier with cannonballs in the center frieze of the glass; colors on the decorated surface red, blue and white)
c. Liberty Bell ( in a quilted pattern, displays the liberty bell in the frieze of the surface decoration: colors on the decorated surface red, blue and white)
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Celebrating Libbey Glass, 1818-2018, May 4-November 25, 2018.
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1987
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
early 1980s
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1937-1938
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1977
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1970s
1st century CE
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1957
about 1850
Unidentified, Gorgoneion Group
about 560 BCE
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1950s (designed)
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