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Object NamePatch Box Cover
Made FromLead glass, sulphide
Dateabout 1820-1840
Place MadeFrance
Techniqueblown, encased, cut, molded, enameled sulphide
SizeOverall Diam: 5.9 cm
Accession Number84.3.105
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpalescent, colorless lead glass, tinted sulphide; blown, encased, cut, molded and enameled sulphide. Domed, circular shape, with cut radial ribbing, alternately rounded and slice- cut; surrounding a rectangular colorless panel with cut corners, enclosing a molded and enameled sulphide of a pink rose and yellow-and-purple pansy, with green stems and leaves; the reverse plain and white; the rim rough ground.
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).
plaque
about 1830-1850
Barthelmy Desprez Jr.
about 1815-1825
plaque
about 1820-1840
paperweight
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
about 1845-1855