Information on cameo glass including a gallery of cameo glass items. Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by 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 luxury engraved gem vessels in cameo style that used naturally layered semi-precious gemstones such as onyx and agate. Reference: Wikipedia
Vase, glass, case coloured in lemon, pink, and white, delicately cameo cut with relief design of peacock feather, Height 5” (LC). MarkedThomas Webb & Sons. Period late 19th century.
Reference: Museum of Applied Art and Sciences
A rare daum enamelled cameo glass vase with silver mounts SIGNED ‘DAUM NANCY’, CIRCA 1900 the purple glass body acid-etched with thistle-like flowers heightened in red and gold, mounted on a silver base with applied ribbon mount to the neck 9cm high.
Sold for £2,500 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018
Vase; glass; clear glass cased in bright green glass; the green layer is cameo-cut with seaweed motifs to reveal the matt-polished and hence slightly opaque surface of the clear glass below; the green layer is subtly cut to leave every now and then a very thin layer forming a shadow behind the seaweed; incised and engraved factory mark and artist’s signature on base.
Reference: © The Trustees of the British Museum
AN ENGLISH CAMEO GLASS VASE CIRCA 1890, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WEBB & SONS Of carafe form, the translucent-yellow glass wall overlaid in red and finely wheel-engraved in the Chinoiserie taste with foliate lappets above flowering chrysanthemum and bamboo, the opaque white interior lined in cream 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Sold for USD 6,250 at Christies in 2014
Legras Acid-Etched Triple Cameo Glass Landscape Vase Height 7 1/2 inches. Signed in cameo Legras.
Sold for $281 (includes buyer’s premium)at Doyle New York in 2018
Antique cameo glass decanter or claret jug, pink flowers over frosted ground, mounted with a Gorham sterling silver handle and lid, decorated with floral chasing and including a hinged opening-mechanism; the rim with 19th-century Gorham marks. 9.25″ H. Silver not weighable.
Sold for $1,000 at Auctions at Showplace in 2018
Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian cameo glass fragment 1st half of 1st century A.D.
Translucent cobalt blue with opaque white overlay. Flat underside; top surface with shallow relief decoration. In relief in white, head and upper torso of a naked youthful satyr, facing left with head in profile and back in three-quarter view, and proper right left dropped before him and head slightly raised; he appears to be lifting a large circular object, part of which survives in front of him to the left. Broken on all sides; dulling, slight pitting, patches of creamy weathering and iridescence. The fragment comes from a flat panel of glass, probably a plaque rather than a vessel.
Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tiffany Studios CARVED CAMEO VASE engraved 3075H L. C. Tiffany-Favrile carved and decorated favrile glass 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) high circa 1913
Sold for 18,750 USD at Sothebys in 2018
Mont Joye Legras & Cie Glass Claret Jug 11.5”x6”. Art nouveau french enameled cameo glass with blossoming iris flower motif. WMF silverplated mount with figural berry finial. Unmarked. Excellent condition with polish residue.
Sold For $275 at MBA Seattle Auction in 2017
