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Object NameSulphide Patch Box with Portrait of Voltaire; Lid

Maker Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1830

Place MadeEngland, London

Techniqueblown, encased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, Diam: 7.2 cm

Accession Number84.2.33

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide. (a) Convex, circular shape, with a cut convex rectangular panel on top, enclosing a molded sulphide bust of a man (Voltaire), facing sinister, inscribed "CAUNOIS F." on the shoulder; flat reverse printed "Pellatt & Green / Patented / LONDON"; rim fan cut; reverse covered with small cross-cut diamonds on a circular panel. (b) Low, circular shape, with rounded sides covered with pairs of cut leaves, alternately with cut veins or fine cross-hatching; base with four cut and cross-hatched ovals, forming a square with concave sides in the center; cut star and diagonal lines; polished rim.
Provenance

Source Louis Lyons - 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange).