Blank for Replica of the Portland Vase

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Object Name:

Department

European

Maker(s)

Hodgetts, Richardson and Son, Maker

Place Made:

England, Wordsley

Date:

1878

Color

Opaque White, Translucent Dark Blue

Technique

Blown, cased

Dimensions:

Overall H: 24.9 cm

Accession Number:

92.2.16

Credit Line:

Purchased with donated funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Opaque white over translucent dark blue; blown, cased. Jar with two handles. Rim everted, with rounded lip; cylindrical neck curving smoothly out to shoulder, which has rounded profile; body tapers toward bottom; base flat. Handles dropped onto neck and reattached at shoulder.

Label Text

It is said that 40 blanks were made, 38 were defective, Locke successfully carved the 39th, and this is the 40th.

Provenance

Rakow, Leonard S., Former Collection to

Rakow Estate, Juliette K. (Mrs. Leonard S.) ((d. 1992)), Former Collection to

Peck Endowment, Clara S., Source to 1992-12-10

Exhibitions (3)
Publications (10)

Exhibitions

Nineteenth Century English Cameo Glass from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Christian Revi

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 1963 through 1963

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome

Venue(s)

J. Paul Getty Museum 2007-10-18 through 2008-01-14

Corning Museum of Glass 2008-02-15 through 2008-05-27

Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 1982 through 1982

Publications

The Gather (2003) p. 7;

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Three (2003) illustrated, pp. 89, 90 #1034; BIB# 58895

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 8, fourth from left; BIB# 65446

English Cameo Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1994) illustrated, pp. 25, 60, fig. 20; BIB# 35913

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1992 (1993) illustrated, p. 7, fourth from left;

Important Acquisitions from the Rakow Collection (1993) illustrated, p. 138, #1, second from right;

The History of the Portland Vase (1990) illustrated, pp. 62-84;

Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking (1982) illustrated, pp. 94, 129, #152; BIB# 30609

The Glass Replicas of the Portland Vase (1982) illustrated, pp. 49-56, esp. p. 54;

English Nineteenth Century Cameo Glass, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Christian Revi: a special exhibition (1963) p. 23, #4; BIB# 27745

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