Carved Cameo Vase

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Object Name: 
Carved Cameo Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Stourbridge
Accession Number: 
55.2.6
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.3 cm, Diam (max): 6.6 cm; Base Diam: 4.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1890-1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of Frederick Carder
Primary Description: 
Translucent white and red-brown "cameo" glass; blown, cased, acid etched and carved. Pear-shaped body with neck slightly tapering downwards and with solid pad foot. Floral motifs in brown on white rim and base in brown overlay; on base a stamp: "GLASS STEVENS & WILLIAMS STOURBRIDGE".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Carder, Frederick (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963), Source
1955-09-06
Color: 
Translucent White, Red-Brown
Technique: 
Blown, Cased, Acid Etched, Carved
Inscription: 
GLASS STEVENS & WILLIAMS STOURBRIDGE
Stamp
: 
on base

Publications (2)

English Cameo Glass, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar (1999) p. 39; BIB# 60454
English Cameo Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1994) illustrated, pp. 32, 61, fig. 27; BIB# 35913