Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat
Tumbler with Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Tumbler with Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette
Datec. 1825–1835
Probable placeBaccarat, France
MediumLead glass with sulphide portrait
Dimensions3 7/8 × 3 1/8 in. diameter (9.8 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Mr. Ralph O'Connor in honor of William S. Kilroy
Object numberB.89.13
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Washington Hall
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Description

Among the heroes of the American Revolution, only the name of George Washington ranks above that of Marquis de Lafayette. This gallant Frenchman generously placed his life and his fortune at the disposal of the American colonists. This glass tumbler encloses a sulphide portrait of Lafayette that was taken from a bronze medal struck in 1824 by François Augustin Caunois in France for distribution in this country during Lafayette’s visit here in 1824 and 1825. A sulphide is a small ornamental object of white porcelain-like material, made to be encased in glass.


Provenance[W. M. Schwind, Jr. Antiques and Fine Art, Yarmouth, Maine]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.

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