Topic: ??English Cameo Glass? Irridescent Vase, Can anyone help?

[thibs23]

Hi, can anyone give me any pointers in trying to Identify this vase.  I really do not know much about it, except that Mary Gregory is not the correct term for it.  I was hoping you guys may be able to guide me in this. Also heard the term Stourbridge??




The blue iridescence is much stronger in person.

[Lustrousstone]

Is it actually cameo or is it enamelled? Cameo is where a layer of glass has been removed to reveal a different colour underneath. Stourbridge is a place in the UK where there were a lot of glassmakers, so its not really a very useful term

[thibs23]

Hi, I believe it is Cameo glass.

Zach

[Cathy B]

It looks enamelled to me as well. Is there an iridescent effect to the blue glass? Maybe you could get better pictures, particularly showing the depth of the white layer?

[scimiman]

Any chance of getting some pics of the figures with some decent definition.  :huh:
Mike www.abfabglass.co.uk

[Paul S.]

Hello Zach

give us an educated guess  -  what wud you say is the height of the white image above the blue  -  less than half a mill., more than a mill.   Cameo, in its simplest
form, is an image in relief after cutting away surrounding glass - in this instance cutting away the blue to leave white.
Another line of thought might be - if the white had been cut to blue, wud iridescence remain on the blue (right up to the white).   Best of Luck with your search.   cheers   Paul S.

[Glasshound]

It's not Cameo glass...the image has been painted on...

I have a similar one for sale on my site.

http://www.glasshound.com/Bohemian_glass_vase_363.html

/Blair