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The Great Tazza

The Great Tazza

 
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Object Name: 
Tazza
Title: 
The Great Tazza
Department
European
Category
19th Century European
Maker(s)
Thomas Webb and Sons, Maker
Woodall, George ((1850-1925)), Maker
Place Made: 
England, Amblecote
Date: 
about 1889-1895
Color
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ruby
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green
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white
Technique
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cased glass
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carving
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 38.9 cm; Bowl Diam: 48.7 cm
Accession Number: 
92.2.8
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Juliette K. Rakow. From The Cameo Glass Collection of Leonard S. Rakow and Juliette K. Rakow
Location: 
On Display
Description
Green glass cased with white, green, white and ruby; cameo-carved with floral motif.
Inscription
Thomas Webb & Sons Gem Cameo
Provenance
Rakow Estate, Juliette K. (Mrs. Leonard S.) ((d. 1992)), Source to 1992-08-25

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Exhibitions

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
1
 

Publications

Oriental Influences on Victorian Glass (2010-3) illustrated, p. 11;
Ancient Roman Glass and Its Legacy Explored at Corning Museum of Glass (2008-04) illustrated, p. 65;
Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome (2008-04) illustrated, p. ?;
Modern Glass Inspired By Ancient Rome (2008-02-22) illustrated, p. 1;
Learning from the ancients (2008-02-20) illustrated, p. 1D;
Ancient Inspiration (2008-02-14) illustrated, D2;
Glass from the past (2008-02-14) illustrated, p. 2D;
Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome (2008-01) illustrated
The Cameo Glass of Thomas and George Woodall (2000) illustrated, p. 53; BIB# 64626
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 40, #49; BIB# 65446
English Cameo Glass, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar (1999) p. 40; BIB# 60454
English Cameo Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1994) illustrated, pp. 9, 33, 61, fig. 28; BIB# 35913
Important Acquisitions from the Rakow Collection (1993) illustrated, cover, frontispiece; p. 140, #6;
Artists in Cameo Glass: incorporating Thomas Woodall's memoirs (1993) back cover; BIB# 35647
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1992 (1993) illustrated, pp. 2-3;
A Passion for Glass (1982-01) p. 67;
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking (1982) illustrated, pp. 70, 113, #60; BIB# 30609

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