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Object NameButton with Male Portrait
Made Fromglass, plaster (?), metal
Dateabout 1825-1850
Place MadeEurope
Size(A) D: 1.9 cm, (B) D: 1.9 cm
Accession Number84.3.107 B
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, painted; impressed, polished. (A) Circular shape, in a conforming sheet metal collar, with metal back and solid loop; the glass convex on the front, flat on the back, with an impressed classical male head, facing dexter, filled with plaster (?); the background painted black. (B) Same form and construction, with an impressed male classical head, facing sinister, filled with plaster; the background painted blue and red.
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).