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Cameo-carved Vase in Green on Burmese Ground

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

CultureEnglish

Date1889

MediumCameo glass

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

InscribedMarked with acid stamps on the bottom: THOMAS WEBB & SONS / TIFFANY & CO / PARIS EXHIBITION / 1889 / GEM CAMEO

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Summar, Sr. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waitzer and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Branch

Object number2005.16.1

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a green cameo vase on burmese ground. Blown Burmese formula glass, opaque butter yellow with a hint of pink near the rim, cased with opaque jade-green. It is squat with bulbous body, short neck and flaring rim. Acid etched and lightly cameo-carved with a green band at the foot and on the rim, depicting leaves and blossoms in green. There is a fine overall pattern of leaves in the yellow ground.

Label TextThomas Webb & Sons Stourbridge, England Vase, ca. 1889 Blown cased glass, etched, cameo-carved Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Summar, Sr. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waitzer and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Branch 2005.16.1 This vase is an example of cameo glass with a green outer layer on a background of shaded glass known as Burmese. It may be firmly attributed to Thomas Webb & Sons because Webb bought the exclusive rights to produce Burmese art glass in England from the Mt. Washington Glass Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1886. Almost all of the raised figures on English cameo glass are in opaque white, so this green figure vase is a major rarity. Approved By: ERLProvenanceBilly and Rebecca W. Hitt, Goodlettsville, Tenn.; Rebecca W. Hitt inherited this upon her husband's death; sold to James E. Summar, grandnephew and adopted son of Rebecca W. Hitt; James E. Summar loan to Chrysler Museum of Art, 2004; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Summar, Sr. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waitzer and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Branch, to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005. Exhibition History"Cameo Performances: Masterpieces of Cameo Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., June 29, 2008 - December 30, 2012. Published ReferencesRay and Lee Grover, _English Cameo Glass_ (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980), C396.