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patch box
patch box

patch box

Object NamePatch Box
Made FromGlass, sulphide, gilt metal
Dateabout 1830-1850
Place Madeprobably France
Techniqueblown, encased, cut, molded sulphide,turned mounts
SizeOverall H: 3.4 cm, Diam: 6.2 cm
Accession Number84.3.148
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide; turned metal mounts. Low, circular shape, cover domed, with a cut convex oval panel on top, enclosing a molded sulphide bust-length portrait of a man, facing dexter, in military uniform; reverse flat; sides with cut triangular and fan-shaped facets, with pointed areas of prismatic cutting between; turned, reeded gilt metal sleeve; low, circular base with radial cut grooves and four rounded petals; turned gilt metal rim, fitting snugly into the rim of the cover; paper label on the inside of the base printed "THE/ KENT/COLLECTION".
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), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.
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