Cupid Sailing on a Cockle Shell
Vase
1878 (made), 1878 (exhibited)
1878 (made), 1878 (exhibited)
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Round bodied, footed vase in white over brownish glass, cameo cut with decoration of Cupid poised on one foot, holding a quiver of arrows and a bow, in a cockle shell on a wave.
Object details
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| Title | Cupid Sailing on a Cockle Shell (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Opaque brown glass dipped in opaque white glass, acid-dipped and wheel-cut ('cameo' cut). |
| Brief description | 'Cupid Sailing on a Cockle Shell', round bodied, footed vase in white over brownish glass, cameo cut. Joseph Locke for Hodgetts, Richardson & Son, Wordsley, England, 1878. |
| Physical description | Round bodied, footed vase in white over brownish glass, cameo cut with decoration of Cupid poised on one foot, holding a quiver of arrows and a bow, in a cockle shell on a wave. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Mark: 'JL', engraved (This mark is engraved in the cameo decoration on a wave on the right. (Check!))
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| Credit line | Bequest of Mr & Mrs Horace Richardson. |
| Object history | This vase was shown at the Paris International Exhibition in 1878. Shown again at the opening of the Wordsley New School of Art in 1899, Wordsley, Stourbridge. |
| Historical context | From the Horace Richardson collection |
| Bibliographic reference | J.K. and L.S. Rakow, 'Joseph Locke and his three careers in England and America', in: The Glass Circle, VOL 6 (1989), pp. 54-67, fig 7 |
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| Accession number | C.33-2002 |
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| Record created | October 29, 2002 |
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