Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Parentheticals (USD $)	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010 Payment in Kind (PIK) Note	Feb. 08, 2010 Payment in Kind (PIK) Note	Dec. 31, 2010 Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes	Jun. 29, 2012 Libbey Glass Senior Notes Old Senior Secured Notes		Dec. 31, 2012 Libbey Glass Senior Notes New Senior Secured Notes
Interest rate					0.00%		10.00%	[1]	6.875%	[1]
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
Gain on redemption of PIK notes	$ 0	$ 0	$ 71,693,000	$ 71,693,000
Expenses related to redemption of floating rate notes						13,400,000
Noncash gain (loss) on redemption of debt, net of expenses				$ 58,292,000

[1] See Interest Rate Agreements under “Senior Secured Notes” below and in note 13.