Fair Value (Debt Disclosure) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value		$ 418,636	$ 436,851
Senior Loans [Member] | Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member]
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value	[1]	415,100	433,400
Level 2 | Senior Loans [Member] | Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member]
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Fair Value		$ 416,138	$ 425,815

[1] We have entered into an interest rate swap which effectively fixes a series of our future interest payments on a portion of the Term Loan B debt. See interest rate swap in note 8 for additional details. The Term Loan B floating interest rate was 3.75 percent at September 30, 2016.