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Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Apollo Belvedere

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1830-1850

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 6.5 cm, Diam: 8.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.147

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Large circular knob mounted on a square pedestal base; top of the knob with a circular, slightly convex panel, revealing a molded sulphide portrait of a man, facing dexter, with a quiver of arrows over his shoulder ("Apollo Belvedere"), reverse plain; sides cut with short, slanted ribs, alternately plain or with fine grooving; a horizontal groove cut below the ribbing, and a band of linked facets below that; short waisted stem above a stepped circular base with a band of flat facets; on a thick, square base with chamfered sides; underside of the base covered with large strawberry diamonds.
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