column

Object NameFooted Column

Made FromNon-lead glass, sulphide

Date1820-1840

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 14.7 cm, Diam: 6.1 cm

Accession Number84.3.128

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

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Place Made

probably Bohemia

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.
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