Model of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond and Two Other Diamonds

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Model of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond and Two Other Diamonds

Artist Apsley Pellatt IV (English | British, 1791 - 1863)

Factory/Foundry Falcon Glassworks

Manufacturer Apsley Pellatt , ca. 1790-1875 (English | British)

Date1851

DimensionsGlass diamond A (large)
Length: 1.660 in. (42.18 mm)
Width: 1.221 in. (31.03 mm)
Height: 0.737 in. (118.73 mm)

MediumMold-cast lead glass, cut, and polished

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2006.171A

Not on View

DescriptionReplica of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond and two other diamonds in fitted case. The large faceted stone together with two smaller stones possibly in imitation of the Cullinan 1 and 2 diamonds

Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, pp. 68, 71, repr. fig. 3.

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART MUSEUM NEWS, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring 1961, p. 28, repr.

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "The complesities of ancient glass," APOLLO, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 429, repr. fig. 3.

Art in Glass, a Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 18.

Tarshis, D.K., "The Koh-i-Noor Diamond and its glass replica at the Crystal Palace Exhibition," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 42, 2000, pp. 133-143.

Page, Jutta-Annette, "Glass as jewels: an uneasy relationship", in GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry, Stuttgart, Arnoldsche, 2007, p. 63, fig. 7, p. 62 (col.).

Comparative ReferencesSee also Crystal Palace Exhibition, London, 1851.