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Sulphide Portrait of Sixteenth-century Man
France
Baccarat, circa 1830
Width: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 inches) Maximum Length: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 inches)
(702466)

Oval clear glass plaque with serrated edges, enclosing a sulphide profile portrait of an unidentified man with a beard and neck ruff; sunburst cut on backside of plaque; gilded metal ring and collar

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Sulphide Portrait of Sixteenth-century Man<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1830</B><BR>Width: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 inches) Maximum Length: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 inches)<BR>(702466)<BR><BR>Oval clear glass plaque with serrated edges, enclosing a sulphide profile portrait of an unidentified man with a beard and neck ruff; sunburst cut on backside of plaque; gilded metal ring and collar
     
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