Fair Value (Debt Disclosure) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value		$ 430,713	$ 436,851
Senior Loans [Member] | Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member]
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value	[1]	427,300	433,400
Level 2 | Senior Loans [Member]
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Fair Value		$ 423,027	$ 425,815

[1] See interest rate swap in note 8. The interest rate was 3.75 percent at March 31, 2016.