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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Man in Military Uniform

Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place MadeFrance

Techniqueencased,cut,molded sulphide,cast gilt metal mount

SizeOverall H: 13 cm, W: 9.9 cm

Accession Number84.3.77

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, cast gilt metal mount. Flat, circular shape, obverse with a circular polished panel, grooved at the edge; cut angular gadrooning on the sides; cut all-over diamonds in a circular panel on the reverse, enclosing a molded white sulphide bust-length portrait of a man in military dress, facing sinister; epaulet inscribed "FPR"; reverse of the sulphide flat; angular panel at the top of the plaque with molded gilt mount, of overlapping leaves and berries, the reverse plain, with a bulbous post, pierced for a loose wire ring 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).