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Lot 246
An important Thomas Webb and Sons cameo vase by George and Thomas Woodall, circa 1885
18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £19,821.22 inc. premium
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An important Thomas Webb and Sons cameo vase by George and Thomas Woodall, circa 1885
Of classical amphora shape, in opalescent white on a brown background, the ovoid body carved with a female Charioteer, perhaps Aurora, seated and holding the reins of two fine horses riding on billowing clouds, the reverse with a Romanesque ornament featuring entwined dolphins, the neck and base with various formal borders including palmettes, plants and stiff leaves, 32cm high, etched mark Thomas Webb & Sons Gem Cameo (bruise on the rim)
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Provenance:
Thomas Goode & Co, London
Anon Sale, Christie's 9 October 2003, lot 243
A British Private Collection
A very faint number scratched on the base can be read as W2044.
The same shape, colour and style of decoration was used by Thomas and George Woodall for their famous vase 'The Race' (W2179) for which the Woodalls were paid £6.10s.6d. This is illustrated by Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass (1980), pl.106 and drawing S24. Although undoubtedly the work of the Woodalls, the present vase and its companion do not appear in any surviving drawings and W2044 cannot be identified within any published factory lists. The previous number in the Woodall inventory, W2043 is, however a similar size vase, 'Before the Race', which was created by Thomas and George Woodall as a companion to their 'Race' vase, see Grover, op.cit., pl.105 and drawing S23. The Race and Before the Race, which are both signed T & G Woodall, are now in the Chrysler Museum of Art. Their Before the Race vase has the number W2043 lightly scratched on the base.