plaque

Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Louis XVIII and Royal Family

Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal

Dateabout 1824

Place MadeFrance

Techniqueencased, cut, molded, blue stained (?) sulphide

SizeOverall D: 9.3 cm

Accession Number84.3.79

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded and blue stained (?) sulphide, stamped gilt metal hanger. Flat, circular shape, enclosing a molded sulphide disk with seven circular panels with relief molded heads arranged in a circle of six around one, on a blue ground; circular portrait panels inscribed (top right, a crowned male portrait, facing dexter) "CHARLES X ROI/DE FRANCE/VIVINE (?) F.", (right, a female portrait, facing dexter) "CAR. FERDINANDE DUCHESSE DE BERRY/ LEVEQUE [1821 ?]"; (lower right, a child's portrait, facing dexter) "DUC DE BORDEAUX NE LE 29 SEPTEMBRE 1820." and indecipherable initials on the shoulder; (lower left, a child's portrait, facing sinister) "LOUISE MARIE THERESE NEE A PARIS LE 21 SE[PT] 1819."; (left, a male portrait, facing sinister) "LOUIS ANTOINE/DUC D'ANGOULEME"; (top left, a female portrait, facing sinister) "M.TH.CHARLOTTE/DUCH. D'ANGOULEME"; (center, a male portrait, facing dexter) "LOUIS XVIII ROI DE/FRANCE ET DE N." and "GAYRARD"; reverse flat; face of the glass plaque polished slightly convex, with a cut rim; notched cut rim; with cut angular rays on the reverse; stamped gilt metal hanger of circular form, bent in half, with relief-molded overlapping leaves and flowers, loop and threaded 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).