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George Washington Sulphide Portrait
France
Baccarat (?), circa 1830
Width: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches) Maximum Length: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 inches
(702325)

Oval clear glass plaque with serrated edge, enclosing a sulphide profile portrait of George Washington; strawberry-diamond cutting on back of plaque; gilded metal ring and collar

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>George Washington Sulphide Portrait<BR>France<BR>Baccarat (?), circa 1830</B><BR>Width: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches) Maximum Length: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 inches<BR>(702325)<BR><BR>Oval clear glass plaque with serrated edge, enclosing a sulphide profile portrait of George Washington; strawberry-diamond cutting on back of plaque; gilded metal ring and collar
     
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