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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Pope Pius IX

Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal

Dateabout 1846-1860

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped gilt metal

SizeOverall H: 11.9 cm, W: 8.9 cm

Accession Number84.3.50

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped gilt metal mount. Flat, oval shape, with polished oval flat window on the front, with petal-cut rim, and an oval panel of all-over cut diamonds on the reverse; enclosing a molded sulphide portrait of a man (Pope Pius IX), facing dexter, in church vestments; reverse flat; rectangular metal mount with raised flowers and foliage; ball finial, pierced, for a wire loop for hanging.
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