Plaque with Sulphide of Louis XVIII

Plaque with Sulphide of Louis XVIII

 
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Object Name: 
Plaque with Sulphide of Louis XVIII
Department
European
Place Made: 
France
Date: 
1815-1830
Color
AAT
colorless
Dimensions: 
Diam: 8.1 cm
Accession Number: 
84.3.372
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jokelson
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; cut; molded, encased sulphide. Flat, circular shape, with polished flat back and face, and diamond- faceted chamfered rims; enclosing a molded white sulphide portrait bust of a man in military uniform, facing dexter; impressed "DP," on the reverse.
Provenance
Jokelson, Mrs. Paul, Source

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