Obelisk with Sulphide Bust of a Man

Object Name: 
Obelisk with Sulphide Bust of a Man

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Object Name: 
Obelisk with Sulphide Bust of a Man
Place Made: 
probably England
Accession Number: 
84.2.80
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.5 cm, W: 6.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1820-1840
Credit Line: 
Gift of Clara S. Peck
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Tall, square obelisk, with four-sided pyramidal top; two incised lines at the bottom; on a stepped square plinth, with a ledge at the top and a wide, square, beveled foot; obelisk enclosing a molded sulphide three-dimensional bust of a man on a turned pedestal; flat base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Lyons, Louis, Former Collection
1984-04-06
Peck, Clara S. (d. 1983), Source
1984-04-06
Color: 
colorless
white
Technique: 
cutting
molding
Material: 
lead glass
crystallo ceramie

Publications (1)

Embedded Glass and Crystal (Embedded Cameos - Crystal Medals) (1958) p. 24; BIB# AI56199