A Rare Thomas Webb & Sons Acid-Etched and Gilt Blue Cameo Cooler, Circa 1875
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October 18, 05:14 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 USD
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A Rare Thomas Webb & Sons Acid-Etched and Gilt Blue Cameo Cooler, Circa 1875
of ovoid form with two loop handles and everted rim, decorated with classical figures between palmettes, within anthemion and scrollwork around the handles, marked WEBB on underside
Height 8 1/4 in.,
21 cm
Decoration of this type was exhibited for the first time by Cristallerie de Baccarat in 1867 at the Paris Exposition Universelle, when an acid-blue punch service was included on their stand. The service is now in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, illustrated by Jane Shadel Spillman, Glass from the World’s Fairs – 1851-1904, Corning Museum of Glass, exh. cat., 1986, p. 23, fig. 8. It is highly unusual to find a version made by Thomas Webb & Sons.
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