New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Cameo Glass Plaque

Artist Barry Sautner (American, 1952-2009)

Date1989

MediumBlown glass | Cameo | Sandblasted

DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineBequest of Nedra Karrer Joyce

Object number2001.7.1

Terms

Woman
Column
Plants
Roman
Griffin
White
Ruby
Classical

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DescriptionBlown opaque white glass on a transparent ruby grounds, cameo carved by sandblasting. Classical scene depicting a nude female figure with drapery standing on a stone-paved terrace beside a pool. To the left of the figure is the corner of a colonnaded building with a burning brazier. In the background tot he right of the figure, a row of potted plants raised on a plinths suggests the presence of a path or stairway descending down the hill toward a distant temple. In the foreground to the right of the figure is a bench supported by a griffin. The plaque is round with four semicircular cutouts in its edge.

Label TextBarry Sautner American, b. 1952 Cameo Glass Plaque, 1989 Blown glass, carved with sandblasting Bequest of Nedra Karrer Joyce 2001.7.1 ~ This modern cameo plaque was inspired by the works of George and Thomas Woodall.