TWO SULPHIDE PORTRAIT WEIGHTS

MID-19TH CENTURY

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TWO SULPHIDE PORTRAIT WEIGHTS
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each smokey glass spherical example, set with a bust-length profile to sinister, one of Queen Victoria, the other of Prince Albert
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) diameter; 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high, each (2)

Lot Essay

See an anonymous sale, L.H. Selman, Ltd., Santa Cruz, Spring 2000, Lot 116; also see Paul Jokelson, Sulphides: The Art of Cameo Incrustation, Newark, New Jersey, 1955, color plate fig. XXVI and XXVIII; and Paul Hollister, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, 1969, p. 42, fig. 13 for sulphides inspired by the Crystal Palace Exhibition and enclosing similar medals by Pellatt.

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