Claret

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Object Name: 
Claret
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, OH, Toledo
Accession Number: 
69.4.33 C
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.3 cm; Rim 7.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1904
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Toledo Museum of Art and Owens Illinois, Inc.
Web Description: 
This is one of a set exhibited at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Source
1969-04-18
Toledo Museum of Art, Source
1969-04-18
Category: 
Early American
World's Fairs/Expositions
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
engraving
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
Libbey / [image of sword]
inscription
: 
in base of bowl

Description

Primary Description: 
Claret. Colorless lead glass; blown and engraved in "rock crystal style" with scrolls and flowers on bulbous bowl; engraved scroll on slightly bulbous stem and applied flat foot; polished pontil mark.

Publications (2)

Shedevry amerikanskogo stekla: iz kollektsij Muzeia Stekla v Korninge i Muzeia Iskusstva v Tolido (1990) illustrated, pp. 70-71, #64; BIB# 34475
Recent Important Acquisitions, 12 (1970) illustrated, p. 180, #58; BIB# AI97752

Objects in Set (6)

6 Piece Place Setting
Artist:Libbey Glass Company
Date:1904
Accession Number:69.4.33
Goblet
Artist:Libbey Glass Company
Date:1904
Accession Number:69.4.33 A
 
Champagne
Artist:Libbey Glass Company
Date:1904
Accession Number:69.4.33 B
Wineglass
Artist:Libbey Glass Company
Date:1904
Accession Number:69.4.33 D
 
Cordial
Artist:Libbey Glass Company
Date:1904
Accession Number:69.4.33 E
Creme de Menthe Glass
Artist:Libbey Glass Company
Date:1904
Accession Number:69.4.33 F