5-3/4''  Burmese Vase ''Pot of Cherries'' by Kelsey Murphy and Robert Bomkamp. Burmese glass, made with pure gold, is the perfect canvas for the cameo carving artistry of Kelsey Murphy and Robert Bomkamp. Limited to 325.

Artists Kelsey Murphy and Robert Bomkamp specialize in glass cameo carving, an exacting art that demands both skill in design and great dexterity in execution. In recent months, they have teamed with Fenton Art Glass to design and produce some remarkable limited edition pieces.

Cameo carving is a a painstaking process. After the glass has been annealed, a special mask is taped to the surface of the glass. Using an advanced “vignetting” technique, each piece is carefully sandcarved, by hand, using aluminum oxide crystal under pressure to take away some of the surface. Great individual skill and experience are needed to control this operation, as many distinct stages of successive cameo carving are required to create the remarkable depth and the intricate details.