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)

Dateabout 1895

Dimensions12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1970.443

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionBrownish-red glass cased with opaque white glass; carved cameo.

Label TextThese 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.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 156-157, repr. (col.) p. 156.

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 278, repr. (col.).

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, In Motion: Dance and Performance in Art, September 18, 2015- January 3, 2016.