c1890 Thomas Webb English Cameo Glass Bowl

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c1890 Thomas Webb English Cameo Glass Bowl. 5 3/8" wide x 1" deep, amazing
quality. I couldn't find a mark but the color and quality is spot on. Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by cameo glass engraving or etching and carving through fused layers of differently colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background. The technique is first seen in ancient Roman art of about 30 BC, where it was an alternative to the more luxurious engraved gem vessels in cameo style that used naturally layered semi-precious gemstones such as onyx and agate. Glass allowed consistent and predictable colored layers, even for round objects.

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c1890 Thomas Webb English Cameo Glass Bowl. 5 3/8" wide x 1" deep, amazingquality. I couldn't find a mark but... Read more

SKU: 8231784433_B017

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$350.00 Excl. VAT

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    c1890 Thomas Webb English Cameo Glass Bowl. 5 3/8" wide x 1" deep, amazing
    quality. I couldn't find a mark but the color and quality is spot on. Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by cameo glass engraving or etching and carving through fused layers of differently colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background. The technique is first seen in ancient Roman art of about 30 BC, where it was an alternative to the more luxurious engraved gem vessels in cameo style that used naturally layered semi-precious gemstones such as onyx and agate. Glass allowed consistent and predictable colored layers, even for round objects.

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