Covered Jar

Factory/Foundry Dennis Glassworks

DesignerPossibly George Woodall (British | English, 1850 - 1925)

Manufacturer Thomas Webb & Sons (British, 1837-1990)

Unknown RoleGilder/enameler Jules Barbe

Dateabout 1885

DimensionsH: 13 in. (33 cm)

MediumGlass; blown, cameo-carved, bronzed, enameled and gilded

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2005.293A-B

Not on View

DescriptionThe broad baluster form with waisted neck and short cylindrical rim carved with a row of figures wearing Qajar dress and in various poses alternating with pairs of birds, between two rows of assorted single animals and birds above a narrow waist band, the lower section with a row of animals alternating with demi figures, all within shaped raised panels edged in silver, against a gilt ground reserved with scrolling foliage, between formal leaf scroll bands in green and red, the domed cover of similar style with pairs of birds and running animals below a button finial similarly carved.

Published ReferencesFine British and European Ceramics and Glass, Sale L05735, Sotheby's, London, November 22, 2005, Lot 170.

Whitehouse, David B., English Cameo Glass, Corning, NY, 1994, p. 37.

Sotheby's London, November 14, 1995, lot 426 (a small double gourd vase).

Sotheby's London, May 12, 1998, lot 149 (a pair of double gourd vases).

Busch, Jason T. and Catherine L. Futter, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2012, cat.73, pp. 109, 265, repr. (col.) p. 111.

Exhibition HistoryKansas City, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art; Pittsburgh (PA), Carnegie Museum of Art, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World’s Fairs 1851-1939, April 7, 2012-February 24, 2013.Comparative ReferencesSee also Christopher Woodall Perry, The cameo glass of Thomas and George Woodall, 2000, p. 66.