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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Pope Pius IX
Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal
Dateabout 1846-1860
Place MadeFrance
Techniqueencased, cut,molded sulphide,cast gilt metal mount
SizeOverall H: 13.3 cm, W: 10.2 cm
Accession Number84.3.51
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, cast gilt metal mount. Flat, oval shape, with polished flat oval window on the front, encircled by heavy rounded cut gadrooning on the sides; the reverse with heavy cut rounded rays; drilled at the top; enclosing a molded sulphide bust-length portrait of a man (Pope Piux IX), facing dexter, in church vestments; cast gilt metal mount at the top, formed of overlapping leaves and berries, plain on the reverse, with bulbous post, pierced, with a loose ring for hanging.
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), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.
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