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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Bearded Man

Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal

Dateabout 1820-1840

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped gilt metal

SizeOverall H: 8.2 cm, W: 5.6 cm

Accession Number84.3.184

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, stamped gilt metal frame. Flat, octagonal shape, both faces polished, edges chamfered; enclosing a molded white sulphide bust-length portrait of a bearded man, facing sinister; reverse flat, impressed "d.D"; gilt metal ropework frame, held together at the top with a screw; loose wire ring for hanging.
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