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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 365859, member: 111&quot;]Bear - would think the classical designs more an homage to ancient Roman cameo glass, like the Portland vase that inspired Wedgwood.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re right, the silver deposit (usually called silver overlay now) wouldn&#039;t have been applied by the glass manufacturer, much of it was done by American firms, but was also done in Europe.&nbsp; A quick search for Mary Gregory with silver overlay doesn&#039;t find any other examples and I can&#039;t recall seeing it before, though would imagine there are others to be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the cased Mary Gregory I&#039;ve seen has been pink, like the one in the pic below, shown with examples in transparent, satin and opaque glass:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]125324[/ATTACH]</p><p>The opaque green piece at far right on this page does not appear to be cased:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/168999-mary-gregory-glass-attributed-to-mhlha" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/168999-mary-gregory-glass-attributed-to-mhlha" rel="nofollow">https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/168999-mary-gregory-glass-attributed-to-mhlha</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And showing this large pair just because they&#039;re so nice:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.rauantiques.com/mary-gregory-cranberry-glass-vases" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rauantiques.com/mary-gregory-cranberry-glass-vases" rel="nofollow">https://www.rauantiques.com/mary-gregory-cranberry-glass-vases</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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