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Opaque white, purple lead glass; blown, etched, and cameo-carved. Low, nearly flat, circular form, with slightly curved sides; opaque white overlay on plum-colored back; cameo-carved scene of a seated woman, clad in a diaphanous dress, with one leg drawn up, seated on a lion-footed bench, with a vase standing alongside; two birds, one flying, one preening its wing in front of her, looking toward a putto, holding a bow and arrow with two arrows on the paving below him, standing on the rim of an elaborate two-tiered fountain, which stands in the middle of a water-filled circular pool; a carved lion on a rectangular plinth in the background, and a fence with oval openings; a statue of a nude male at the left, with a large building with four Corinthian columns beyond; trees, a flying bird, and hills and a lake in the background; elaborate floral and scrollwork border; signed (incised, script) "Geo Woodall" on the rim of the pool, at the right.
Exhibitions (4)

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory 2009-01-23 through 2009-02-01
The 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Yokohama Museum of Art 1992-10-12 through 1992-12-13

Masterpieces of Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-02 through 1991-04-14

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples.
The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
Publications (34)
55th Winter Antiques Show, A Benefit for East Side House Settlement (2009)
illustrated, pp. 144-145;
BIB# 29139
55th Annual Winter Antiques Show (2008-12)
illustrated, fourth fold;
Zhongguo gu dai bo li ji shu de fa zhan (Development of Chinese Ancient Glass) (2005)
illustrated, p. 8 (4.32);
BIB# 90520
Layers of Wonder: Majestic and Marvelous Cameo Glass (2003-05)
illustrated, inset between pp. 40-41;
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 17;
BIB# 63967
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: 32 Ready-to-Mail Full-Color Postcards (1998)
illustrated, #16;
BIB# 61155
English Cameo Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1994)
illustrated, pp. 39, 61, fig. 34;
BIB# 35913
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993)
illustrated, pp. 29-31, #47;
BIB# 35681
History of Glass Crafts (1990-07)
p. 56;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 200-201, pl. 92;
BIB# 33819
Storia del disegno industriale 1851-1918, il grande emporia del mondo (1990)
illustrated, fig. 406;
BIB# 34054
L'Histoire du Verre: A Travers Les Tresors du Musee de Corning (1990)
illustrated, p. 64;
English Glass and the Glass used in England, circa 400-1940 (1984)
illustrated, pp. 215-216; pl. 59a;
BIB# 22835
Masterpieces from the Corning Museum of Glass: 24 Ready-to-Mail Full-Color Postcards (1984)
illustrated, p. 5 (top left);
BIB# 34354
The Glass Collector (1982)
illustrated, Back Cover;
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking (1982)
illustrated, pp. 72, 114, #63;
BIB# 30609
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 200-201, pl. 92;
BIB# 20953
Title Unknown (Antique Glass) (1980)
p. 280, pl. C251;
Sentimental Cameo-Glass (1965-11-11)
illustrated, fig. 1;
Continental glass, English glass...and a very important cameo glass plaque signed Geo. Woodall (1965-10-25)
illustrated, Lot 92, #26A;
BIB# 12812