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Foxglove Vase

Manufacturer Thomas Webb & Sons (British (Stourbridge, England), 1837 - 1990)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1886

MediumBlown, cased, etched, and cameo-carved glass

DimensionsOverall: 24 in. (61 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4300

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-5, Case 36

DescriptionBowling pin shaped vase on a narrow collared base. Cameo blue with opaque white underlined with dark red. Blue bell flower and fern design. Large leaves acorn and leaf design at rim. Crack near base inside.

Label TextThomas Webb & Son Stourbridge, England Foxglove Vase, ca 1885-95 Blown cased glass, etched, cameo-carved Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.4300 This vase has three layers of color. The purple shading underneath the leaves and flowers was created by sandwiching a thin layer of ruby glass between the opaque white layer and the blue background. 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 ReferencesGrover, CAMEO GLASS, p. 167.

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