A Thomas Webb and Sons cameo glass plaque attributed to George Woodall, circa 1880-90
The small rectangular panel in topaz coloured glass, cased in white and carved with a winged Cupid playing a flute on a dense bed of flowers and foliage including roses and ferns, 8.9cm x 12.7cm
Footnotes:
Cherubs were a favourite subject of George Woodall and feature on a number of signed pieces. See for example the vase of similar colour sold by Bonhams and illustrated by Christopher Woodall Perry, The Cameo Glass of Thomas and George Woodall (2000), p.64. Two small Woodall plaques carved with putti, again of similar colour, are illustrated by Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass (1980), pp.290 and 408, nos.C275 and C394.