Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Jokelson, Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation, New York, 1968, p.83, fig. 78.
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MID 19TH CENTURY
Details
A BACCARAT MAGNUM FACETED SULPHIDE PORTRAIT WEIGHT
Mid 19th century
Enclosing a sulphide portrait bust of King Louis Philippe facing to the right on a translucent turquoise ground, cut with geometric facets
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) diameter, 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high
Mid 19th century
Enclosing a sulphide portrait bust of King Louis Philippe facing to the right on a translucent turquoise ground, cut with geometric facets
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) diameter, 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high
Provenance
New-York Historical Society, with red enamel accession number 1365.456 with L.H. Selman, Santa Cruz, CA., Fall sale 1997, lot 102
Literature
Paul Hollister, Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society (New York, 1974), p. 90, pl. 72
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.