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From left to right: Water glass (1998.537.36), cordial glass (1998.537.34), cocktail glass (1998.537.35), decanter (1998.537.33ab), sherbet bowl (1998.537.37)
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Title:Modern American Series: Knickerbocker-3400 Cordial Glass
Designer:Edwin W. Fuerst (American, Ottawa, Ohio 1903–1988 Springfield, Massachusetts)
Manufacturer:Libbey Glass Company (American, Toledo, Ohio, 1888–present)
Credit Line:John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 1998
Accession Number:1998.537.34
Marking: (underside, etched): Libbey [within a circle]
John C. Waddell, New York (until 1998; his gift to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary American Industrial Art (15th Exhibition)," April 29–September 15, 1940, unnumbered cat. (p. 26).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 16, 2000–January 7, extended to February 4, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 100).
Newport Beach, Calif. Orange County Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 25–August 19, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Flint. Flint Institute of Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," September 14–December 16, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," January 11–April 7, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Charlotte. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 3–July 28, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Tulsa. Philbrook Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," August 23–November 17, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Carl U. Fauster. Libbey Glass Since 1818: Pictorial History and Collector's Guide. Toledo, 1979, p. 360.
Janet Kardon, ed. Craft in the Machine Age 1920–1945: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft. Exh. cat., American Craft Museum. New York, 1995, p. 158 (similar example).
Edwin W. Fuerst (American, Ottawa, Ohio 1903–1988 Springfield, Massachusetts)
1939
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