vase
Object NameVase with Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I
Maker
Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.
Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide
Date1820-1830
Place MadeEngland, London
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
On ViewEuropean Gallery
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.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).
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).
about 1820-1840
about 1820-1840
1830-1840
about 1830-1860
about 1820-1840
about 1820-1840