Lot 266

ANTIQUE LOUIS XVIII SULPHIDE HEART CUT GLASS HANGING PLAQUE / PENDANT

Estimate: $500 - $1,000
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ANTIQUE LOUIS XVIII SULPHIDE HEART CUT GLASS HANGING PLAQUE / PENDANT, colorless, central sulphide depicting Louis XVIII, no signature located, cut into a heart form with central frame and tight cutting to the edge, reverse having raised button cutting within frame, having a brass mount and hanging ring. Probably France. 1820-1840. 3 1/8" HOA, 2" DOA.
Literature: Parallels Dunlop - The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation, p. 66, fig. 218.
Catalogue Note: Mr. McKeon mentioned that this is the only heart-form pendant he has ever seen.

Condition

Virtually undamaged with some light nicking/roughness to some places on the edge.

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From the collection of Tad McKeon, Loudon, TN.