book
Object NameBook
Made FromLead glass, sulphide
Dateabout 1820-1840
Place MadeFrance
Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide
SizeOverall W: 5 cm, L: 7.5 cm
Accession Number84.3.116
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent blue, colorless lead glasses, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Flat, rectangular shape, in the form of a book, with one long side convex, the other three concave; with an oval of colorless glass applied on top, enclosing a molded white sulphide of a female saint, holding a palm frond in her right hand, and with a curved, flat band below, stained blue, with scratched inscription "Ste catherine."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).
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).
1850-1910
about 1830-1850