Debt Instrument, Call Premium

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Debt Instrument, Deadline for Redemption After Equity Offering

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Debt Instrument, Qualifying Percent of Contemporaneous Notes Outstanding

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Debt Instrument, Redeemable Portion, Percent

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Debt Instrument, Redeemed Face Amount

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Expense

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Debt Instrument, Redemption, Minimum Time Period Between Redemptions

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percent of Principal

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Debt Instrument, Required Outstanding Portion of Original Principal Amount After Each Redemption

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Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Gross

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Write off of finance fees and discounts on debt.

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The stated principal amount of the debt instrument at time of issuance, which may vary from the carrying amount because of unamortized premium or discount.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

-Paragraph 2

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Interest rate stated in the contractual debt agreement.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 22

-Article 5

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-SubTopic 10

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized costs associated with the issuance of debt instruments (for example, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs) that will be charged against earnings over the life of the debt instruments to which such costs pertain. Such amount is before the consideration of accumulated amortization.

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-Number 21

-Paragraph 16

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Borrowings (Senior Secured Notes Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	May 07, 2013 Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 29, 2012 Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	May 18, 2012 Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Prior to May 15, 2015 [Member] Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Redeemable With Proceeds of Equity Offerings [Member] Prior to May 15, 2015 [Member] Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Interest rate agreements [Member] Fair Value Hedging [Member] Prior to May 15, 2015 [Member] Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member] Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount												$ 450,000,000
Deferred finance costs, gross									13,200,000
Interest rate									6.875%		10.00%
Debtholders eligible to declare notes due and payable immediately, qualifying % of contemporaneous notes outstanding															25.00%
Redeemable portion of notes, %													10.00%	35.00%
Redemption price, % of principal						103.00%							103.00%	106.875%
Portion of original principal amount that must remain outstanding after each redemption														65.00%
Deadline for redemption after equity offering														90 days
Minimum time period between redemptions																12 months
Redeemed notes, face amount						45,000,000
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Gross	430,850,000		430,850,000		466,059,000				405,000,000	450,000,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Expense						2,500,000
Debt Instrument, Call Premium						1,300,000	23,602,000	23,602,000
Write Off Of Finance Fees And Discounts On Debt	$ 1,168,000	$ 10,975,000	$ 1,168,000	$ 10,975,000		$ 1,200,000	$ 10,975,000	$ 10,975,000