plaque

Object NameFooted Plaque with Sulphide of a Biblical Scene

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1830-1850

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 18.2 cm, D: 8.5 cm

Accession Number84.3.205

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Flat, oval plaque, mounted on a stem and foot; the plaque with chamfered, petal-cut rim; enclosing a molded sulphide scene of Joseph, Mary, and the infants Jesus and St. John the Baptist, with a basket of fruit at the right, a lamb at the left, a palm tree in the background; reverse of the sulphide plain; back of the plaque with cut radial ribbing; mounted vertically on a faceted flattened knop, a faceted ball knop, and two faceted flat knops, above a spreading, panel-cut stem, flaring into a circular disk foot with cut star on the underside.
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