Lot Essay
Edward Burch (1730-1815) was a master gem-engraver, wax modeler and medalist recorded working for James Tassie. Nathaniel Marchant was his student.
19TH CENTURY
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FOUR GLASS PSEUDO-SULPHIDE JEWELRY ITEMS
19th century
All after the Antique, including: an Apsley Pellatt sulphide portrait of Homer set in a later silver-gilt ring; a pseudo-sulphide after the Capotolini Dying Gaul, inscribed in Greek below, set in a gold ring; a pseudo-sulphide depicting three classically draped figures, set in a silver-gilt brooch, with attached chain and pin; and a silver-gilt and gold mounted pendant set with a pseudo-sulphide of a classical scene marked BURCH, the reverse with a plait of hair
1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) wide, the pendant (4)
19th century
All after the Antique, including: an Apsley Pellatt sulphide portrait of Homer set in a later silver-gilt ring; a pseudo-sulphide after the Capotolini Dying Gaul, inscribed in Greek below, set in a gold ring; a pseudo-sulphide depicting three classically draped figures, set in a silver-gilt brooch, with attached chain and pin; and a silver-gilt and gold mounted pendant set with a pseudo-sulphide of a classical scene marked BURCH, the reverse with a plait of hair
1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) wide, the pendant (4)
Literature
D. Tarshis, 'Sulphides: Cameo Incrusted Jewelry', The Society of Jewelry Historians Newsletter, New York, Spring 1992, vol. 13, cover (the first).
Exhibited
P. Jokelson and D. Tarshis, Cameo Incrustation: The Great Sulphide Show, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1988, p. 10, no. 10 (the first) and, p. 12, no. 18 (the last).
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. 137, no. 76 (the first).
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. 137, no. 76 (the first).
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