Vase/Spoon Holder
Manufacturer
John Ford
CultureEnglish
Date1880
MediumCut glass | Cameo
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Base: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Base: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
InscribedSigned on the shoulder: "L.C. Wyon F" and the reverse engraved "W.E. Gladstone 1880".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.4263
Not on view
DescriptionVase/spoon holder of clear glass. Barrel tumbler shape. Heavy, cut with diamonds and ovals on a narrow solid foot with a star cut bottom and fine radial cuts at the thick rim. Set with sulphide (cameo incrusted) profile bust of Gladstone to sinister signed on the shoulder.Label TextJohn Ford English Vase/Spoon Holder, 1880 Cut glass, cameo sulphide Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.4263 Here, a ceramic silhouette of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) is encased in a clear, cut glass vessel, giving it the appearance of silver. Bohemian and French glassmakers experimented with these ceramic medallions during the eighteenth century. They became very popular in England during the nineteenth century when London glassmaker, Apsley Pellatt, secured a patent in 1819 for the process, usually known as sulphide. Approved By: ERLExhibition History"Cameo Performances: Masterpieces of Cameo Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., June 29, 2008 - December 30, 2012. Published ReferencesFRENCH PAPERWEIGHTS FROM THE FACTORIES OF BACCARAT, CLICHY AND ST. LOUIS & MODERN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN WEIGHTS, Sale Number 3181, March 30, 1971 (NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1971), p. 5, no. 39 ("A William Gladstone Sulphide Glass. The footed glass facted overall, and having an oval medallion set with a sulphide portrait to sinister, signed on the shoulder, the reverse inscribed: `W. E. Gladstone 1880', the base star-cut." ) Paul Jokelson, _Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation_, pg. 111-121, pl. 102-103 & slip cover illustration.
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