CAMEO GLASS

Cameo carving is an exacting technique of creating decoration by layering different colors of glass during the blowing process, and then carving through the hardened layers to create a design.

Manufacturer unknown (Stourbridge, England)

Pair of Cameo Vases, c. 1880

Opaque white and pale-yellow lead glass: blown, overlaid, acid-etched, cameo-carved
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Gift of Juliette K. Rakow in memory of Leonard S. Rakow, 89.2.23 A-B

Wordsley Glass Works (Stourbridge, England, c. 1774–1934), manufacturer

Probably William Northwood (English, 1857–1937), engraver

Cameo Vase, c. 1880

Ruby, colorless, and white glass: blown, cased, acid-etched, tooled, carved.
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. 2010.2.50

Thomas Webb and Sons (Amblecote, Stourbridge, England, founded 1837), manufacturer

Fridolin Kretschman (Bohemian, c. 1850–1898), cutter
Jules Barbe (French, active 1878–99), enameller and gilder

Gourd-shaped vase, 1888

Ruby and opaque white lead glass: blown, overlaid, acid-etched, carved, enameled, gilded
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Gift of Juliette K. Rakow in memory of Leonard S. Rakow, 89.2.7

Wordsley Glass Works (Stourbridge, England, c. 1774–1934), manufacturer

Probably William Northwood (English, 1857–1937), engraver

Cameo Vase (detail), c. 1880

Ruby, colorless, and white glass: blown, cased, acid-etched, tooled, carved
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. 2010.2.50

Thomas Webb and Sons (Amblecote, Stourbridge, England, founded 1837), manufacturer

Fridolin Kretschman (Bohemian, c. 1850–1898), cutter
Jules Barbe (French, active 1878–99), enameller and gilder

Gourd-shaped vase (detail), 1888

Ruby and opaque white lead glass: blown, overlaid, acid-etched, carved, enameled, gilded
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Gift of Juliette K. Rakow in memory of Leonard S. Rakow, 89.2.7