A pair of Stourbridge compressed globular four-layer cameo vases
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A pair of Stourbridge compressed globular four-layer cameo vases
with short cylindrical necks, perhaps Webb's, each acid-etched and carved in pale-blue and white relief with nuts and foliage, one with oak leaves and acorns, the other with hazlenuts and leaves, reserved on a chartreuse ground, circa 1890 -- 9cm. high See colour plate (2)
Sale room notice
Please note that the vase with acorn design has two minute rim chips.
Lot Essay
Cf. Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass, (New York 1980), pl. C133