paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Napolean Bonaparte

Made FromGlass, plaster, felt

Date1825-1850

Techniquepaperweight; encased, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 3.7 cm, Diam: 6.6 cm

Accession Number87.3.13

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; paperweight; encased, molded sulphide. Domed, circular shape, enclosing a molded white sulphide portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, facing sinister, wearing a laurel wreath, inscribed "ANDRIEU F." on the neck; the bottom hollow, painted bright orange, and filled with plaster of Paris, backed with brown paper.
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