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Aphrodite and Cupid

Object NamePlaque

Engraver George Woodall (English, 1850-1925)

Manufacturer Thomas Webb and Sons (f. 1837)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1884

TechniqueBlown, Overlaid, Etched, Cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 2.6 cm, Diam: 33.1 cm

Accession Number89.2.8

Credit LineGift of Juliette K. Rakow in memory of Leonard S. Rakow

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Woodall Cameo Millenium

Place Made

England, Amblecote

Physical DescriptionOpaque white and transparent plum color, lead glass; blown, overlaid, etched, cameo-carved. Shallow, circular shape, with slightly upcurved rim; plum overlaid on the front with opaque white; the white cameo-carved to create a depiction of a nude woman reclining in a shell, holding an infant in her lap, dangling a large leaf in the water from her right hand; a long veil billowing above; shell floating in a pond, with flowering waterlillies in the foreground, a cattail and other foliage at the left, bamboo-like foliage at the right; signed (incised) at the lower right "G. Woodall / 1884"; encircled by a formal border at the rim, of repeated leaves and pendant flower buds; two printed circular paper collection labels on the reverse: inscribed "E. L. PAGET / COLLECTION / 217" and "COLLECTION OF DR. & MRS. LEONARD S. RAKOW / CG-15."
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