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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Young Woman

Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal

Date1830-1840

Techniquecut; molded encased sulphide; stamped gilt metal

SizeOverall H: 15.3 cm, W: 14.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.384

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jokelson

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; cut; molded, encased sulphide; stamped gilt metal; turned wood. Flat, circular shape, face convex, back polished flat, rim chamfered and diamond-faceted; enclosing a large molded white sulphide portrait of a young woman, wearing a tiara, facing sinister; in a stamped circular metal frame with a border of stylized foliage; turned, square wood frame; inscribed in chalk on the reverse "18503" and "31"; metal post and loose ring for hanging.
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