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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide Portrait of a Man

Made FromLead glass, sulphide, metal

Dateabout 1820-1840

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped metal mount

SizeOverall Diam: 7.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.115

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

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Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless, yellow stained lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped metal mount. Flat, circular shape, with polished convex face; flat back covered with fine cross-cut diamonds, stained bright yellow; enclosing a molded white sulphide of a man, facing dexter, wearing a heavy coat, his hair tied in a queue, with a rosette at the bottom; in a narrow circular frame, with numerous points, either bend down or holding the glass plaque in place, or standing at right angles to the frame.
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