cameo glass

noun

an ornamental glass in which two layers, often blue and opaque white, have been cased, and on which the design has been treated in the manner of a cameo.

First recorded in 1875–80

The two other most remarkable examples of this cameo glass are an amphora at Naples and the Auldjo vase.

The famous cameo glass was formed by covering a mass of molten glass with one or more coatings of a differently coloured glass.

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