Overlaid Cameo Glass. The term overlaid cameo glass relates to the technique of layering two or more layers of glass and carving through the fused layers of different colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background. See also Cameo Glass
A rare Stuart and Sons ‘Medallion Cameo’ glass bowl, circa 1890 Of rounded form in clear glass overlaid in pink and white and carved with two oval panels of roses and fuchsia, the cameo panels reserved on a clear glass ground with hobnail cutting, 11.4cm diam at the widest point
Sold for £ 500 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018
Fine white glass vase, imitating porcelain and overlaid with dark blue glass which has been cut away in cameo fashion. Design of two medallions of five bats in flight surrounding a ‘shou’ character. Culture/period Qing dynasty term Qianlong Date 1736-1795
Reference: © The Trustees of the British Museum
A ‘FOXGLOVE’ CAMEO-GLASS FLORAL VASE BY GALLÉ, 1925-1930 overlaid and acid etched glass 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) high; 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) diameter cameo signature Gallé
Sold for GBP 2,500 at Christies in 2019
A D’ARGENTAL CAMEO GLASS VASE, circa 1920, of compressed ovoid form, in clear glass overlaid in amethyst, carved and acid-etched to both sides with seascapes incorporating seaweed and various sea creatures on the shoreline, including a fish, a crab, starfish and shells, mountains in the distance, the sides decorated with Celtic knotwork, 30cm high, moulded ‘D’Argental’ signature towards the base
Sold for £1,200 at Chiswick Auctions
Glass cameo cup (scyphus) fragment,late 1st century B.C.–mid-1st century A.D. Roman Translucent cobalt blue with opaque white overlay; handle in translucent cobalt blue. Slightly everted rim tapering to rounded vertical lip; convex curving side; part of right side of handle attachment overlaid on white with small pointed projection. On exterior, in deep relief two satyrs, naked from hips and waist, the one to right with his right arm around shoulder of the other, who is leaning back and playing the double flute, held aloft by both his hands; to either side of satyrs branches of pine trees. Broken with weathered edges; pitting of surface bubbles, dulling, and creamy weathering with iridescence.
Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vase French (Epinay-sur-Seine) about 1919 Designed by Gaston Hoffmann (French (Alsace)), Made at Cristallerie Schneider (founded in 1913
Ovoid vase form of opaque green glass overlaid on blue. Acid-etched and wheel-carved cameo decoration of a seated classical figure with a lyre, in a continuous landscape.
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
An Emile Galle triple-overlay cameo glass vase: gladiolus, circa 1900 Etched signature Galle H. 13 3/4 in.
Sold for 6,600 USD in 2003
