Fair Value (Debt Disclosure) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value		$ 402,470	$ 412,320
Senior Loans | Subsidiary, Libbey Glass
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Carrying Value	[1]	390,700	409,000
Level 2 | Senior Loans | Subsidiary, Libbey Glass
Value of Financial Instruments
Term Loan B, Fair Value		$ 359,444	$ 412,068

[1] We have entered into an interest rate swap that 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 4.24 percent at September 30, 2017.