vase

Object NameVase with Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I

Maker Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Date1820-1830

TechniqueBlown, cut, encased, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 23.8 cm; Rim Diam: 10.8 cm

Accession Number84.2.45

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Heads of State

Place Made

England, London

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, cut, encased, molded sulphide. Tall, ovoid shape with flared, waisted neck; rim petal cut; neck with cut prismatic rings; side with cut rounded vertical ribs alternating with vertical bands of sharp diamonds; a convex rectangular panel on the front, enclosing a molded sulphide portrait of a man (Napoleon I), facing dexter; panel flanked by panels of sharp diamonds, with a band of prismatic cutting and a band of fine diamonds below; prismatic bands at the base of the body; rounded knop above a panel-cut, waisted stem; thick disk foot with petal-cut rim; cut radial ribbing on the underside of the foot, alternately rounded or with cut cross-hatching.
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