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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Man in Military Uniform
Made FromNon-lead glass, sulphide
Dateabout 1830-1850
Place Madeprobably Bohemia
Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide
SizeOverall H: 5.2 cm, W: 4.1 cm
Accession Number84.3.126
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Flat, roughly oval shape, faces polished flat, sides chamfered; enclosing a molded sulphide portrait of a man, facing sinister, in military uniform, wearing a wide sash over his right shoulder; the reverse flat, impressed "DESPREZ,/a Paris".
Provenance
Source Louis Lyons - 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.
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