Fair Value (Debt Disclosure) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value		$ 406,100	$ 412,320
Senior Loans [Member] | Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member]
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value	[1]	402,900	409,000
Level 2 | Senior Loans [Member] | Subsidiary, Libbey Glass [Member]
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Fair Value		$ 404,915	$ 412,068

[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 3.85 percent at March 31, 2017.