Tazza Bowl with Portrait of Isaac Newton

Object Name: 
Tazza Bowl with Portrait of Isaac Newton

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Object Name: 
Tazza Bowl with Portrait of Isaac Newton
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Wordsley
Accession Number: 
92.2.13
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 23.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1878
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Juliette K. Rakow; from The Cameo Glass Collection of Leonard S. Rakow and Juliette K. Rakow
Primary Description: 
Transparent cobalt blue galss with opaque white overlay. Portrait of Isaac Newton representing "Science" in the Science, Art, and Literature Series.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Rakow Estate, Juliette K. (Mrs. Leonard S.) (d. 1992), Source
1992-08-25
Color: 
Transparent Cobalt Blue, Opaque White
Technique: 
Carved, Cased
carving
Inscription: 
J.Northwood, 1878
Signature and date

Publications (4)

English Cameo Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1994) illustrated, pp. 7, 23, 60, fig. 17; BIB# 35913
Important Acquisitions from the Rakow Collection (1993) illustrated, p. 139, #3, left; BIB# AI32225
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1992 (1993) illustrated, p. 4, left; BIB# AI96377
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking (1982) illustrated, p. 60, left, p. 109, #39; BIB# 30609