The two-colour vase, carved in opaque white on amber, was made by George Woodall and his team around 1889 and was exhibited at the Paris Exposition of that year.
Thomas Webb vase sells to a private buyer for £95,000
19th century cameo glass was the strong suit in Sotheby’s sale of European glass from the Hida Takayama Museum of Art in Japan, held in their Bond Street rooms on December 19. Amongst a number of pieces that were particularly keenly contested by the room and the telephones was this 16in (41cm) high Thomas Webb vase which sold to a private buyer for £95,000 (plus 19.5/10% premium) after bidding first from the room then a battle between two telephones.
