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Object NameFooted Cross
Made FromLead glass, sulphide
Dateabout 1820-1840
Place Madeprobably France
TechniqueEncased, cut, molded sulphide
SizeOverall H: 28.6 cm, Diam: 10.4 cm
Accession Number84.3.194
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Exhibition of Sulphides and Sulphide-related Materials
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Tall panel-cut cross, mounted on two flattened oval diamond-faceted knops; above an oval plaque with convex oval window on the front, side with prismatic cutting, back covered with strawberry diamonds; enclosing a molded sulphide plaque of Mary holding the infant Jesus in her arms, with angels in clouds at her feet; reverse flat, with an oval black mark at the center; on a stem with diamond-faceted flattened ball knop, a large ball knop with large pointed diamonds, and a paneled flattened knop; domed and terraced foot, middle ridge with linked oval facets; underside of the foot with cut star and radial cut grooves at the 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).
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).
