1 Rare Libbey " Embassy " 4900 Cocktail Stemware
Item History & Price
1 Rare Libbey "Embassy" 4900 Cocktail Stemware . It is 6 3/4 inches tall by 2 1/8 inches wide in excellent vintage condition.The "Embassy" art deco stemware pattern was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1960) and Edwin W. Fuerst (1903-1988) for the Libbey Glass Company for the State dining room within the Federal Building at the 1939 New York World's Fair. It later became the White House service used during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.... It was later issued, minus the American eagle and star etched pattern, in the 1940 Modern American Line as pattern 4900 and was discontinued in 1942. "Embassy" has an exhibition history that includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Brooklyn Museum and is in their permanent collections. It has been exhibited at several other museums around the country. Please ask all questions and look at all pictures prior to bidding.
