Cameo Vase

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Object Name: 
Cameo Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Stourbridge
Accession Number: 
62.2.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23 cm; Base Diam: 5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1880-1890
Credit Line: 
Gift of Frank Morton Jones
Primary Description: 
Blue and white glasses; blown and cut. Inverted baluster shape; blown of blue glass overlaid with white, white is carved away in a pattern of daisies and leaves; "34" on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Jones, Frank Morton, Source
1962-01-03
Color: 
blue
white
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
34
Inscription
: 
On base

Exhibitions (1)

Treasures in Glass
Venue(s)
Allentown Art Museum 1966 through 1966

Publications (2)

The Legacy of Frederick Carder (2013) illustrated, p. 9; BIB# AI95652
Treasures in Glass (1966) p. 85, #182; BIB# 28036