Footed Plaque with Sulphide of a Man

Object Name: 
Footed Plaque with Sulphide of a Man

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Object Name: 
Footed Plaque with Sulphide of a Man
Place Made: 
probably Bohemia
Accession Number: 
84.3.139
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.2 cm, W: 6.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1850
Credit Line: 
Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Half-oval plaque on a stem and foot; the plaque of convex, rounded shape, with cut grooves on the sides and cut strawberry diamonds on the back; enclosing a molded sulphide male head, facing dexter; reverse plain; on a flared, eight-sided, panel-cut stem; square foot with polished sides and strawberry diamond cut foot.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Peck, Clara S. (d. 1983), Source
1984-04-06
Lyons, Louis, Source
1984-04-06
Color: 
Colorless, white sulphide
colorless
Technique: 
encased, cut, molded sulphide
cut glass

Publications (1)

Embedded Glass and Crystal (Embedded Cameos - Crystal Medals) (1958) [p. 25]; BIB# AI56199