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Object NamePlaque with Sulphide of Duc & Duchesse d'Angouleme

Made FromLead glass, sulphide, metal

Dateabout 1820-1840

Techniqueencased,cut,molded sulphide,engraved metal mount

SizeOverall H: 10.1 cm, W: 7.3 cm

Accession Number84.3.92

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

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Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, engraved metal mount. Flat, octagonal shape, both faces polished flat, rim beveled; enclosing two sulphide portrait busts, a woman at the left (Duchesse d'Angouleme), facing sinister, wearing ostrich feathers, ruffled collar, and long veil; a man at the right (Duc d'Angouleme), facing dexter, in military dress; backs of the sulphides flat; sheet-metal mount of foliate form, with engraved foliate decoration, clasping the top of the plaque and pinned through it, with a soldered tube at top holding a loose ring for hanging.
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