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Cameo Glass
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The cameo glass technique was originally developed by gemstone engravers.


Glassmakers adapted it by blowing and fusing together layers of different coloured glass, and then hand cutting, acid etching, or sandblasting away the background layers to create a design that stood proud of the surface.





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The Portland vase, a well-known example of early two coloured hand carved cameo techniques, caused a stir when it was shown at the British Museum in 1810.


Later, British glassmakers experimented with hand carved cameo, introducing the use of hydro-frolic acid to etch away some of the background colour, and produce a world leading range of cameo, usually white on coloured background, in neoclassical shapes and with formal designs.

French art Nouveau cameo.

The cameo technique reached new heights in the hands of Emile Galle a pioneer of art Nouveau.

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He transformed the formal to colour vases into multi-layered compositions that expressed his spiritual vision of the natural world.

Using combinations of cutting and carving by hand, and wheel and acid etching, he has created organic designs from as many as five layers of coloured glass.







The flora and fauna of his native Lorraine provided inspiration for Galles motifs, often highlighted by gold or silver foil, with further detail added by hand painted enamels or carved are etched designs.





Galle experimented with frosted grounds and mould 




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blowing to provide further relief for decoration, especially fruit and flower motifs.











The piece was then hand carved to add detail such as Vining.
Galle cameo was imitated worldwide.


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