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See Paul Jokelson, Sulphides The Art of Cameo Incrustation, New York, 1968, p. 44 for a similar oval medallion in the Author's Collection.
EARLY TO MID 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ST. LOUIS OR BACCARAT
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A GROUP OF FIVE FRENCH GLASS PIECES
Early to mid 19th century, possibly St. Louis or Baccarat
Including: a Baccarat moulded tumbler incrusted with a sulphide portrait medallion of an unidentified man, two moulded and cut tumblers, a sulphide portrait medallion of Czar Alexander I after a medal by Andrieu F. and a circular box and cover incrusted with a portrait of Napoleon I
4.3/8in. (11.2cm.) high, the largest (5)
Early to mid 19th century, possibly St. Louis or Baccarat
Including: a Baccarat moulded tumbler incrusted with a sulphide portrait medallion of an unidentified man, two moulded and cut tumblers, a sulphide portrait medallion of Czar Alexander I after a medal by Andrieu F. and a circular box and cover incrusted with a portrait of Napoleon I
4.3/8in. (11.2cm.) high, the largest (5)