Libbey Glass Company - “Punch Bowl and Stand” 11x14 Archival Print
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Libbey Glass Company - "Punch Bowl and Stand" 11" x 14" Archival Print
Libbey Glass Company (American 1892-1919), Punch Bowl and stand with 23 cups,1903-1904, thick colorless glass, overall: 21 1/2 x 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (54.6 x 60.6 x 60.6 cm), Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio), Gift of Libbey Glass Company, division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, 1946.27A-Y.
This punch bowl set, produced as a showstopper for the 1904 St. Louis World Fair (the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition), employed all of the skill and artistry of the Libbey Glass Company's best glassmakers. Proclaimed the largest single piece of cut glass in the world at the time, the blown, bowl-shaped "blank" of glass that would become the punchbowl weighed 143 pounds. The design was roughed out with iron wheels that cut away chunks of the glass (ultimately some 30 pounds of glass would be cut away from the blank). Two of Libbey's premier glassworkers, J. Rufus Denman and Patrick W. Walker, did the labor-intensive fine cutting that finished the design. A drama unfolded during the making of the punch bowl: a flaw caused the bowl to crack during the final stages of cutting and polishing, and the glassmakers-now several weeks behind-had to scramble to produce a new bowl in time for the World's Fair. The end result dazzled both fairgoers and the judges, who awarded Libbey the Grand Prize Medal for cut glass (the original medal is displayed here).
Artist: John Rufus Denman (American).
Artist: Patrick H. Walker (American).
Manufacturer: Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919).
Date: 1903-1904.
Original Dimensions: Overall: 21 1/2 x 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (54.6 x 60.6 x 60.6 cm).
Medium: Thick colorless glass. Blank blown, probably in a mold, and finished by tooling. Cut with a variant of the Grand Prize pattern.
Location: Toledo Museum of Art.
Libbey Glass Company (American 1892-1919), Punch Bowl and stand with 23 cups,1903-1904, thick colorless glass, overall: 21 1/2 x 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (54.6 x 60.6 x 60.6 cm), Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio), Gift of Libbey Glass Company, division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, 1946.27A-Y.
This punch bowl set, produced as a showstopper for the 1904 St. Louis World Fair (the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition), employed all of the skill and artistry of the Libbey Glass Company's best glassmakers. Proclaimed the largest single piece of cut glass in the world at the time, the blown, bowl-shaped "blank" of glass that would become the punchbowl weighed 143 pounds. The design was roughed out with iron wheels that cut away chunks of the glass (ultimately some 30 pounds of glass would be cut away from the blank). Two of Libbey's premier glassworkers, J. Rufus Denman and Patrick W. Walker, did the labor-intensive fine cutting that finished the design. A drama unfolded during the making of the punch bowl: a flaw caused the bowl to crack during the final stages of cutting and polishing, and the glassmakers-now several weeks behind-had to scramble to produce a new bowl in time for the World's Fair. The end result dazzled both fairgoers and the judges, who awarded Libbey the Grand Prize Medal for cut glass (the original medal is displayed here).
Artist: John Rufus Denman (American).
Artist: Patrick H. Walker (American).
Manufacturer: Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919).
Date: 1903-1904.
Original Dimensions: Overall: 21 1/2 x 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (54.6 x 60.6 x 60.6 cm).
Medium: Thick colorless glass. Blank blown, probably in a mold, and finished by tooling. Cut with a variant of the Grand Prize pattern.
Location: Toledo Museum of Art.
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