Brooch with Sulphide Relief
A large oval, faceted glass crystal is mounted in an elaborate scrollwork frame of pinchbeck, a copper-zinc substitute for gold. Embedded in the crystal is a white, sulphide relief of Leda and the Swan. The sulphide technique of enclosing porcellaneous reliefs within crystals...
Artifact
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id
14331
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Mrs. John N. Adkins [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, November 14, 1972, by gift.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.2014_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.2014_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.2014_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2014 |
Terms
Genre
brooches