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Primary Description:
Snuff Bottle and Stopper. Opaque yellow and brown glass, amethyst stone, ivory, cork; blown, cased, cameo-carved. (a) Flattened, long, ovoid form; brown overlay on yellow; disk- shaped rim with circular opening for a stopper; brown rim; the sides with finely cameo-carved scene of a man climbing up a tree, a ladder alongside, another man hands up a basket, while another rests alongside; on the opposite side, a peach fruit, rock and a fantastic tree with monkeys in branches above; carved brown oval foot rim. (b) Domed amethyst stone disk mounted on a tapered cork stopper, and orange-stained slender ivory spoon with oval spatulate bowl.
Exhibitions (2)
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1982-05-01 through 1982-10-31
Cameo glass, one of the most costly and difficult decorating techniques since first century B.C., is documented and illustrated in this catalog. Included are examples from Rome, Islam, and China, as well as English 19th-century masterpieces by John Northwood and George Woodall among others.
For the purposes of this catalog, the term “cameo glass” is used to refer to cased glass objects with two or more differently colored layers. The outer layer is usually an opaque or opalescent white, and the outer layer or layers have been carved in to leave the decoration standing in relief against a body of contrasting color. Shading is produced by thinning down the carved layer; highlights are created where the glass is left thickest.
Both this catalog, and the exhibition for which it was created, documents the 2000-year cameo glass tradition.
Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03
Publications (9)
La escultura en vidrio (2017)
illustrated, p. 142 (fig. 3.41, 2nd from right);
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 98, second from right;
BIB# 68214
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993)
illustrated, p. 13, #21, fourth from left;
BIB# 35681
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking (1982)
illustrated, p. 39, 106-107, #26;
BIB# 30609