Pair of Sulphide Portrait Plaques
Manufacturer: Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat (French, 1764-present)
Factory/Foundry: Baccarat Glass Factory (French)
Date: about 1820-1830
Dimensions:
H: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Medium: Colorless lead glass, mold-made sulphide inclusion; cut, polished. Cutting on the reverse.
Place of Origin: Baccarat, Paris
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2010.17
DescriptionEach plaque suspended by a gilt-bronze hasp, enclosing opposing profile portraits of Marie Antoinette after a medal by Pierre Duvivier and of Louis XVI after a medal by J.P. Droz
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