Cocktail Glass, "Knickerbocker" Pattern Designer: A. Douglas Nash (American, 1881–1940)
Designer: Edwin W. Fuerst (American, 1903–1988)
Manufacturer: Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company (American, 1919–1935)

introduced 1933

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Medium

Blown and molded lead glass

Dimensions

3 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (8.3 × 4.4 × 4.4 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2012.124.2.3

Geography

Manufactured in Toledo, Ohio

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Purchased by John C. Waddell, New York, beginning 1988
Bibliography

  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 230–31, no. 119.
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 198, no. 131.

Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Marks

"Libbey," in script, acid-etched in circle on underside of base

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