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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Voltaire and Rousseau

Made FromLead glass, sulphide, metal

Date1820-1840

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide, cast metal mount

SizeOverall H: 9.1 cm, Diam: 6.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.81

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

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France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, cast metal mount. Flat, circular shape, with oval, convex panel on the face, with step-cut edge, light gadrooning at the side and on the back; diamond-cut circular panel on the back; enclosing a molded sulphide of two male portraits (Voltaire and Rousseau), reverse flat; cast metal hanger on the top, formed of overlapping leaves and berries, bulbous post, pierced, with loose ring for hanging.
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