plaque

Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Czar Nicholas I

Maker Bakhmetiev Crystal Works

Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal

Date1855-1860

TechniqueEncased, molded sulphide, cut, stamped metal mount

SizeOverall H: 7.7 cm, W: 6.7 cm

Accession Number84.3.43

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

Russia

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; encased, molded sulphide, cut; stamped metal mount. Flat, rectangular form, with polished flat face; enclosing a molded white sulphide head of a man with long sideburns and mustache, facing dexter; inscribed on the base of the neck in Cyrillic letters "S. NIKOLS[KOY]E/[?]SKIL."; the sides with cut linear grooves and short grooves crossing at right angles; the reverse covered with cross-cut diamonds; drilled at the top, with an attached foliate-stamped and gilded mount, with turned post and loose ring for hanging, held on with a screw.
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