Primary Description:
Opalescent white and transparent brownish-amethyst lead glass; blown, overlaid, acid-etched, cameo-carved. (a) Ovoid shape, rounded at the top, tapering toward the bottom, with ground, flat opening at the top; cameo-carved decoration consisting of a border around the opening composed of a band of rectangles, each with a central dot, framed by pairs of rings, with a band of stylized pointed foliage below; the sides with a scene of a young woman, with wings, holding a fan, seated in front of a flowering tree, a flowering daisy in front of her, on a grassy knoll; signed, incised "Woodall" in script at the right; the reverse with a flowering branch, pendant from the border at the rim; a border similar to that at the rim around the bottom; the concave base with acid-etched mark "WEBB," within a square framed by four semicircular panels with stylized fans. (b) Domed cover, with small trefoil opening on top, with carved decorative details around the opening; flanked with small pendant pointed cameo-carved leaves, scrolls, and dots; below, a band of linked rectangles with central dots, flanked with narrow double rings, and a band of pointed leaves below, with two parallel lines at the edge; the rim ground flat. (c) Cylindrical form with domed top; formed of stamped, gilded metal; at the top, a rosette formed of eight sets of linked ovals, arranged radially, with dividing ribs, and a central dot; attached to sides formed of crosshatched inverted hearts at the top, florets between, above a crosshatched arcade with spaced quatrefoil devices; narrow flat, horizontal flange below; at the bottom, a narrow sleeve with linked openwork ovals with bands of raised dots above and below.