plaque

Object NameFooted Plaque with Sulphide of Emperor Francis I of Germany

Made FromNon-lead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place Madeprobably Bohemia

TechniqueEncased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 14.7 cm, W: 7.5 cm

Accession Number84.3.140

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Tall, flat, oval plaque on stem and foot; plaque with petal-cut rim, with cut fans on both sides, rim with cut grooves; face with an oval flat frame revealing an encased molded sulphide portrait of a man's head (Emperor Francis I of Germany), facing dexter, wearing a laurel wreath tied at the back of his head; reverse plain; reverse of the oval covered with cross-cut diamonds; on a drawn, tapered, shank with horizontal prismatic cutting; stem with diamond-faceted flattened knop above an octagonal panel-cut, flared stem; square foot, with cut flat sides; base covered with cut strawberry diamonds.
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).