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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Equestrian Figure
Maker Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.
Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide, Stain
Date1820-1840
Place MadeEngland, London, possibly Southwark
Techniqueencased, cut, stained, molded, polished
SizeOverall H: 3.5 cm, W: 2.8 cm
Accession Number84.2.27
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, yellow stain, white sulphide; encased, cut, stained, molded sulphide. Flat, rectangular shape, face polished convex; sides polished flat; back polished flat; stained yellow on the back, sides, and around the sulphide; enclosing a molded sulphide plaque of rounded rectangular form, with relief molded equestrian figure, with a ribbon above inscribed "THE GLORIOUS MEMORY", letters stained yellow; a three-lobed shamrock below; reverse flat.
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).