column

Object NameFooted Column

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place Madeprobably France

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 20.7 cm, Diam: 9.5 cm

Accession Number84.3.192

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Seven-sided, flat-faced column with notched edges; enclosing a molded three-dimensional sulphide figure of Mary holding the infant Jesus in her arms; with a panel- and diamond- faceted acorn finial on a waisted, panel-cut stem, with cut circular pad; seven-sided flat pads at the top and bottom of the column; mounted on a flat disk, a diamond-faceted ball knop, and a diamond-faceted disk knop; panel-cut, stepped foot, with cut radial grooves underneath; polished pontil mark.
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).