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Lot 452*

A collection of sulphide paperweights and other sulphide objects, 19th century

11 July 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A collection of sulphide paperweights and other sulphide objects, 19th century

Comprising two French sulphide scent bottles, one containing a portrait head of Moliere, 6.8cm, the other with a reclining classical figure, 6.5cm, a circular plaque by Martoret with a portrait of Napoleon, 8.5cm diam, two papier-mache snuff boxes set with sulphides of Henry IV, signed Feuillet, Rue de la Paix, and Queen Anne, signed Escallier de Crystal, 8cm diam, and six various sulphide portrait paperweights including Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Pope Pious IX and William Gladstone, the latter by John Ford of Edinburgh and signed by Wyon, various sizes
(11)

Footnotes

The portrait of Moliere is after a medal by Gayrard, see Paul Jokelson, Sulphides (1968), fig.84 for a similar bottle attributed to Baccarat. See also fig.102 for an identical weight of Gladstone by John Ford

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