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cup plate
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cup plate

Object NameCup Plate
Made FromLead glass, sulphide
Date1830-1840
Place MadeFrance
Techniquepressed; molded encased sulphide
SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm, W: 8.6 cm, Th: 1.5 cm
Accession Number84.3.379
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jokelson
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; pressed; molded, encased sulphide. Flat, circular shape, with scalloped rim; polished flat on top; polished concave dish in the center; pressed fans on the back of the rim and a circular field of cross-cut diamonds in the center; enclosing a molded white sulphide portrait of a man wearing a heavy, soft coat, facing sinister; hole for hanging pierced through the rim.
Provenance
Source Mrs. Paul Jokelson