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Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Dateabout 1851-1855

Techniqueencased, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 4.9 cm, Diam: 6.9 cm

Accession Number84.2.49

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Heads of State

Place Made

probably England

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, molded sulphide. Domed, circular shape, enclosing a molded sulphide double portrait of a man and woman (Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), facing dexter; reverse plain; polished pontil mark.
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