Pair of Vases with Girls Dancing
Manufacturer: Thomas Webb & Sons (British, 1837-1990)
Artist: (Engraver) Thomas Woodall (British, 1849-1926)
Artist: (Engraver) George Woodall (British, 1850-1925)
Date: about 1895
Dimensions:
12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Medium: glass
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1970.442
Label Text:These two vases were made at a time when the labor-intensive “Gem Cameo” technique began to be used at Thomas Webb & Sons, mostly for special commissions. In cameo glass, the outer layers of glass (here opaque white) are carved back to expose the colored glass beneath. Before long, cheaper technologies, such as acid-etching in England and thick enamel-painting in Germany and Bohemia, provided a similar look of relief decoration and undermined the market for expensive cameo-carved glass. The reverse of each vase shows the coat-of-arms of the Cure family of London combined with those of Cheyney of Berkshire and Upavon, Wiltshire.
DescriptionBrownish-red glass cased with opaque white glass; carved cameo.
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