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cup plate

Object NameCup Plate with Sulphide Portrait of a Man
Made FromLead glass, sulphide
Date1830-1840
Place MadeFrance
Techniquepressed; molded encased sulphide
SizeOverall H: 10.3 cm, W: 8.4 cm, Th: 1.7 cm
Accession Number84.3.400
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jokelson
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; pressed; molded, encased sulphide. Flat, circular shape; scalloped rim, a band of raised dots follows the outline of the rim; recessed center; back of rim with raised molded fans; circular field of cross-cut diamonds in the center; rim pierced, with a wire hanger and two stamped scalloped plates; enclosing a molded white sulphide portrait of a man with long, curly hair, facing dexter.
Provenance
Source Paul Jokelson (d. 2002) - 1984
Source Mrs. Paul Jokelson - 1984
percolator
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "B" Factory
1942-1946
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William T. Hedges
1921-1934
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Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "A" Factory
1929-1938
percolator
Corning Glass Works, Corning
1946-1951