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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Pope Pius IX
Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal
Dateabout 1846-1860
Place MadeFrance
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)
Not On View
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.
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), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.
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