whistle
Object NameWhistle
Made FromLead glass, Gold foil
Date1830
Place MadeFrance
Techniqueencased, cut, engraved, enameled stamped foil
SizeOverall W: 7.2 cm, L: 10.2 cm, Th: 3.2 cm
Accession Number84.3.113
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Art of the July Monarchy: France 1830 to 1848
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, enameled gold foil; encased, cut, engraved, enameled stamped foil. Flat, lyre shape, face polished flat, with engraved strings and a spray of foliage; an oval convex pad, enclosing an enameled gold foil representation of a cock standing on a plinth inscribed "REVEIL/DU/ PEUPLE/1830", with French flags at either side, cemented onto the front; a tubular extension at the end, drilled, with a cut notch in the side, and a separate glass plug in the end to form a whistle, with an engraved flower above; sides polished; back covered with cut strawberry diamonds.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.
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.
