Primary Description:
Opaque white, purple lead glass; blown, etched, and cameo-carved. Low, nearly flat, circular form, with slightly curved sides; opaque white overlay on plum-colored back; cameo-carved scene of a seated woman, clad in a diaphanous dress, with one leg drawn up, seated on a lion-footed bench, with a vase standing alongside; two birds, one flying, one preening its wing in front of her, looking toward a putto, holding a bow and arrow with two arrows on the paving below him, standing on the rim of an elaborate two-tiered fountain, which stands in the middle of a water-filled circular pool; a carved lion on a rectangular plinth in the background, and a fence with oval openings; a statue of a nude male at the left, with a large building with four Corinthian columns beyond; trees, a flying bird, and hills and a lake in the background; elaborate floral and scrollwork border; signed (incised, script) "Geo Woodall" on the rim of the pool, at the right.