plaque

Object NameFooted Plaque with Sulphide Portrait of a Man

MakerProbably Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1830

Place MadeEngland, probably London, Southwark

Techniquecased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 10.7 cm; L: 11 cm

Accession Number84.2.32

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Tall, flat slab, mounted vertically on a flat foot; slab with cut triangle at the top in the center, with notched and grooved fans at the sides; face polished flat, with beveled sides, back with cut horizontal angular grooves; enclosing a molded sulphide bust of a classical male figure, facing sinister, wearing a laurel wreath, tied at the back; reverse plain; on an oval, flat base, with cut radial grooves underneath; an oval paper label on the side of the plaque, inscribed "23" in blue ink.
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).