The Great Dish

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Object Name: 
Plate
Title: 
The Great Dish
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Amblecote
Accession Number: 
92.2.9
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.7 cm, Diam: 38 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1889-1895
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Juliette K. Rakow. From The Cameo Glass Collection of Leonard S. Rakow and Juliette K. Rakow
Primary Description: 
Plate, five layers; dark green, opaque white, light green, opaque white, pink, cameo carved with floral motif.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Rakow, Leonard S., Former Collection
Rakow Estate, Juliette K. (Mrs. Leonard S.) (d. 1992), Former Collection
1992-08-25
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
Dark Green, Opaque White, Light Green, Pink
dark green
light green
Technique: 
carving
Inscription: 
T. / 60
Label
NOT FOR SALE / SEE F.W.E.
Label
L. 30 . / . 2 . 86
Label
Thomas Webb & Sons Gem Cameo
Mark

Publications (7)

The Magic of Ceramics (2012) illustrated, p. 48 (fig. 3-21); BIB# 167897
Oriental Influences on Victorian Glass (2010-3) illustrated, p. 10;
Layers of Wonder: Majestic and Marvelous Cameo Glass (2003-05) illustrated, inset between pp. 40-41;
The Magic of Ceramics (2000) illustrated, p. 52 (fig. 3-21); BIB# 63974
English Cameo Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1994) illustrated, frontispiece; p. 59; BIB# 35913
Important Acquisitions from the Rakow Collection (1993) illustrated, p. 140, #5; BIB# AI32225
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1992 (1993) illustrated, title page; BIB# AI96377