An English Cameo Glass Vase of Impressive Size

Object Description

An English Cameo Glass Vase of Impressive Size
Almost Certainly by William Northwood

A very rare large English carved cameo glass vase, carefully hand-blown and annealed, before the opal glass surface was acid-etched, revealing the ruby red transparent layer, and a motif of Wood Violet foliage hand-engraved upon the opaque surface.
English, circa 1880

Object Literature

Comparative Literature:

Grover, Ray, and Lee Grover. English Cameo Glass. New York: Crown Publishers, 1980, fig. C332 (p. 380); illustrating a nearly identical example marked “WN.”

Object Condition

Excellent condition

Object Details