A St. Louis sulphide weight
A St. Louis sulphide weight

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A St. Louis sulphide weight
the sulphide depicting Napoleon III in profile to the right and named on the shoulder, set within a torsade of blue and white latticinio threads, mid 19th century (chips to base) -- 7.6cm. diam.
See colour plate 4

Lot Essay

For a similar sulphide weight with a red and white torsage, see Paul H. Dunlop, The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation (1991), p. 79, no. 270.

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