Primary Description:
Opaque white, transparent blue (two tints) and probably colorless glasses; blown, overlaid, etched, cameo-carved. Tall, ovoid shape; white overlay on dark blue (probably on colorless) on bright blue; the white and dark blue cameo-carved to produce the figures of a boy holding a girl in his arms, crossing a stream, one of the boy's feet on a rock, the other in the water; rocks and a grassy plant beside the stream; incised signature, "G. Woodall" (script), on a rock in the foreground; neck rim flared slightly, with two short, right-angle handles at either side; carved net on the neck, with stylized flowers at the intersections; the handles with carved stylized foliage and flowers, and leafy decorations at the joints with the body; on the reverse, a pendant flowering vine, with a bird flying above; rounded base with carved stiff leaves; flared foot with carved border of flowers; the bottom with ground foot rim and concave pontil mark, with acid-etched mark, "THOMAS WEBB & SONS" in an arc above "GEM / CAMEO"; printed circular paper collection label on the bottom, inscribed "COLLECTION OF DR. & MRS. LEONARD S. RAKOW / CG-27."