Glass Sulphides Photos

Glass Sulphides are white ceramic cameos, mostly portraits, embedded in glass objects like drinking glasses and paperweights. The term sulphides was used because sulfur was used in the production process. These decorations were popular in the late 18th to early 19th Century.

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Sulphide of Princess Charlotte on cut-glass decanter by Apsley Pellatt of England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.French sulphide plaque of Empress Josephine at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.English sulphide plaque of Napoleon in cut glass vase by Falcon Glassworks at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.English glass basket with sulphides prob. Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt of London beside French glass cup & saucer at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.
Sulphide of Princess Charlotte on cut-glass decanter (1817-20) by Apsley Pellatt of England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.French sulphide plaque of Empress Josephine (1820-40) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.English sulphide plaque of Napoleon in cut glass vase (1820-30) by Falcon Glassworks at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.English glass basket with sulphides (c1820-30) prob. Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt of London beside French glass cup & saucer (early 19thC) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.
English glass bottle with sulphide of Shakespeare by Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt of London plus two French scent bottles at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.French glass sulphide plaque depicting Bacchus at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.English glass goblets with sulphides of Victoria & Albert by Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt of London at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.Bohemian Biedermeier glass overlay beaker with portrait sulphide , beaker with Chinoiserie & beaker probably by Neuwelt glassworks at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.
English glass bottle with sulphide of Shakespeare (c1820-30) by Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt of London plus two French scent bottles (c1820-40) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.French glass sulphide plaque depicting Bacchus (c1820-40) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.English glass goblets with sulphides of Victoria & Albert (c1840) by Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt of London at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.Bohemian Biedermeier glass overlay beaker with portrait sulphide (1841-51), beaker with Chinoiserie (c1835-40) & beaker probably by Neuwelt glassworks (1830-50) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.
Glass decanter with cameo insets of Shakespeare & Byron at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.James Tassie, inventor of hard paste used to make replicas of cameos, portrait by David Allan at National Portrait Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Glass decanter with cameo insets of Shakespeare & Byron at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.James Tassie, inventor of hard paste used to make replicas of cameos, portrait (1781) by David Allan at National Portrait Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.

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