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Cameo type glass or not ?

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keith:
3.5 inches tall, large polished pontil mark and lots of wear. Though it was cameo at first now I'm not sure, the silvery grey parts are raised from the red, good weight for it's size, any ideas please  ;D ;D

flying free:
The top silvery grey layer has been cut away to show the red underneath and the silvery grey as a raised pattern off the body of the goblet.
That's cameo :)

Also a nice touch to have the red engraved through to the clear underneath to show the little clear transparent lens pattern.  Nice.  Very nice :)

flying free:
and at a guess I'd say c.mid 19th and likely Bohemian - possibly part of a liqueur set? 
Is there any wear on the foot of the piece?

Obvious caveat - I could be wrong and it could have been made more recently and elsewhere :)  the finish on the pontil might say perhaps French but ... I don't know ... something about it makes me think it's Bohemian.  It's a pattern design and using a technique that was very in vogue in the mid 19th there. I don't think it was made elsewhere.

Ekimp:
Are you positive it’s not the red that’s raised and it’s the grey/matt areas that are cut away? Forgive me if not but it does look that way from the photos, especially looking at the way the red areas are chipped and looking at the edge of the piece, at the rim for example. Might make more sense with the cut away areas being matt, from acid etching or sand blasting etc.

M, it looks like the photo on the bibliography page in the Harrach book. Not sure that has any related text. Page 419. (That is the type of decoration, not the whole thing/detail)

flying free:
I think so too Ekimp but didn't like to question.  I am pretty sure it will be a red over clear overlay.   The red should be cut away hence the clear frosted areas showing as 'silvery grey'.  The red layer should remain as a raised layer.  Any clear over red would still show the red underneath even if it were frosted.

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