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Object NameFooted Column
Made FromNon-lead glass, sulphide
Date1820-1840
Place Madeprobably Bohemia
Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide
SizeOverall H: 14.7 cm, Diam: 6.1 cm
Accession Number84.3.128
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Tall, hexagonal column, with a flat cross on top, ends of the arms on the cross decorated with small diamonds; top of the hexagonal column chamfered; base of the column with cut horizontal prismatic cutting; column enclosing a full-length, three-dimensional figure of a man (Napoleon I) with arms crossed, standing with his weight on his left leg; base of the column a cut hexagonal knop; octagonal stem with cut paneling, flaring into a circular foot; underside of the foot with cut eight-pointed star, outlined.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).
