Image scanned from a 35 mm slide and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Cupid on a Panther

Manufacturer Hodgetts, Richardson and Son (English, 1871-1882)

CultureEnglish

Date1877

MediumBlown glass | Cased glass | Acid-etched glass | Cameo-carved glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

InscribedLechevrel's initials and the date 1877 appear in diamond-point immediately below the panther's forepaws: "AL 1877"

Credit LineGift of the Mowbray Arch Society, 1997

Object number97.35

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-5, Case 35

DescriptionThis work is in the form of a covered urn and is made of brilliant sapphire blue glass with an opaque white casing that has been cameo-carved with an image of Cupid riding on a flying panther.

Label TextCUPID ON A PANTHER Carved by Alphonse Eugene Lechevrel (French, b. 1850) for the firm of Hodgetts, Richardson & Son, Stourbridge, England, 1877 Blown cased glass; acid-etched, cameo carved. Mark: engraved in diamondpoint AL 1877 Gift of Mowbray Arch Society 97.35 This recent aquisition, Cupid on a Panther, is important historically because it was created in the formative years of the English cameo revival movement and belongs to a small group of cameo glasses that were carved at Hodgetts, Richardson & Son for display at the Paris World's Fair in 1878. It was shown in the display with Joseph Locke's pendant vases Happy and Unhappy Child, which may be seen in the next gallery.Exhibition HistoryParis World's Fair, 1878. "Cameo Performances: Masterpieces of Cameo Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., June 29, 2008 - December 30, 2012.