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Silver Serving Fork with Cameo-carved Handles in White on Ruby Ground

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

Manufacturer Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, founded 1831)

CultureEnglish | American

Dateca. 1890-1900

MediumBlown, cased, etched, and cameo-carved glass with sterling silver

DimensionsOverall: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)

InscribedThe glass is unmarked, but silver shafts of the fork and spoon are marked: STERLING [Gorham mark consisting of a lion, an anchor, and the gothic letter "G"].

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 number2005.16.2.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-5, Case 34

DescriptionThis is a serving set; it includes a spoon and fork with a violet and rose motif in an unusual application. Ruby glass handles cased with opaque white, shaped like elongated vases with rounded bulbous ends, long tapering "necks" and flaring "rims", cameo-carved with two white bands and floral motifs. The ovoid three tined fork and spoon and have long narrow cylindrical shafts that that terminate in cylindrical shanks that abut the glass handles.

Label TextAttributed to Thomas Webb & Sons Stourbridge, England Gorham Manufacturing Company Providence, Rhode Island Serving spoon and fork, late 19th century Blown cased glass, etched, cameo-carved ; sterling silver Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Summar, Sr. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waitzer and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Branch 2005.16.2.1-.2 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), 386, C344.