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cup plate

Object NameCup Plate

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1830-1840

Techniquepressed, stained, encased molded sulphide

SizeOverall Diam: 8.5 cm

Accession Number84.3.100

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless, yellow stain lead glass, white sulphide; encased, pressed, stained, molded sulphide. Flat, circular shape, with elaborately scalloped rim, outlined with beading on the top, and with fans and cross-cut circular pads; back circular panel covered with pressed cross-cut diamonds, stained brilliant yellow; drilled through the rim at the top; enclosing a molded male portrait of a man (Napoleon I) facing sinister.
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