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Object NamePlaque

Made Fromglass, plaster,gilt metal

Date1832

Techniquecast (pressed?), cut, sheet-metal frame

SizeD: 5.5 cm

Accession Number84.3.172

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of Sulphides and Sulphide-related Materials

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; cast (pressed ?), cut, sheet-metal frame, cardboard. Flat, circular shape, with slightly convex face, molded on the reverse with intaglio decoration, including an oak-leaf and acorn wreath at the center, enclosing the inscription "PRESIDENT/DU CONSEIL/DES MINISTRES/LE 11 8BRE. 1832./NE A ST. AMANS/LE 29 MARS/1769", and a series of six oak- leaf wreaths above, inscribed (from left, clockwise) "OCANA", "AUSTERLITZ", "PASSAGE/DE LA LINTH.", "SIEGE/DE/GENES.", "OPORTO", and "TOULOUSE"; massed military trophies and flags at the bottom; backed with dark brown cardboard; in a rounded gilt metal frame with prongs on the reverse holding the plaque in place.
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