Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

English Cameo Vase with Morning Glories

CultureEnglish

DateLate 19th century

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 x 5 in. (13.3 x 12.7 cm)

InscribedMarked in silver pencil on the bottom: No 11503

Credit LineGift of James, Rebecca and Kate Summar in honor of Malcolm and Nancy Branch

Object number2003.11

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a blown cased glass with opaque white over clear ruby, in squat form with flaring rim and short cylindrical foot, cameo-carved, entire surface frosted. Side of vase decorated with morning glory vine with one flower in full bloom and another in the bud stage, a single white band at rim and a double band at the foot. Cameo vase with a bulbous red satin body decorated with a bold application of opaque white morning glories, opaque band surrounds rim and pedestal.

Label TextEnglish Cameo Vase with Morning Glories, late 19th century Blown cased glass, acid-etched, cameo-carved Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of James, Rebecca and Kate Summar in honor of Malcolm and Nancy Branch 2003.11 ProvenanceJames Summar, purchased at auction Early's Summer Art Glass Auction, June 20-21, 2003, lot no. 408, Cincinnati, Oh.; Gift of James, Rebecca and Kate Summar in honor of Malcolm and Nancy Branch to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2003. Exhibition History"Cameo Performances: Masterpieces of Cameo Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., June 29, 2008 - December 30, 2012.