Borrowings (ABL Credit Agreement Narrative) (Details) (USD $)			12 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 ABL Facility Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Libbey Glass and Libbey Europe ABL Facility Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2012 Libbey Glass and Libbey Europe ABL Facility Line of Credit	May 18, 2012 Libbey Glass and Libbey Europe ABL Facility Line of Credit entity	Dec. 31, 2013 Libbey Glass and Libbey Europe ABL Facility Letter of Credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Libbey Glass ABL Facility Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Libbey Glass Line of Credit, Swingline [Member] Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsidiaries, Present and Future Direct and Indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of Libbey Glass ABL Facility Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsidiaries, First-tier Present and Future Foreign Subsidiaries of Libbey Glass ABL Facility Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsidiary, Libbey Europe [Member] ABL Facility Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsidiary, Libbey Europe [Member] Line of Credit, Swingline [Member] Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsidiaries, Dutch Subsidiaries of Libbey Europe ABL Facility Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 CB Floating Rate [Member] Line of Credit, Swingline [Member] Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Netherlands Swing Line Rate [Member] Line of Credit, Swingline [Member] Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Line of Credit Libbey Glass and Libbey Europe ABL Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 Line of Credit Libbey Glass and Libbey Europe ABL Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Subsidiaries, First-Tier Subsidiaries of Libbey Europe and its Dutch Subsidiaries ABL Facility Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of financial institutions participating						4
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 100,000,000			$ 30,000,000		$ 15,000,000				$ 7,500,000
Security, percent of entity stock								100.00%		100.00%		100.00%		100.00%					100.00%
Security, percent of entity stock, non-voting											100.00%
Security, percent of entity stock, voting											65.00%
Applicable rates															0.50%	1.50%
Commitment fee percentage			0.375%
Covenant terms, conditional minimum fixed charge coverage ratio	1
Covenant, fixed charge coverage ratio, unused borrowing capacity below which covenant is applicable				10,000,000
Additional available borrowing capacity				25,000,000
Total borrowings	413,227,000	466,059,000															0	0
Interest period, minimum																	1 month
Interest period, maximum																	6 months
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding							6,200,000
Borrowing base, component of sum, % of eligible accounts receivable				85.00%
Borrowing base, alternative component of sum, % of NOLV of eligible inventory				85.00%
Borrowing base, alternative component of sum, % of eligible inventory				65.00%
Borrowing base, alternative component of sum, amount				75,000,000
Borrowing base, amount of rent reserves offset				700,000
Borrowing base, amount of natural gas reserves offset				0
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity				$ 70,500,000	$ 68,600,000