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Collection of Seventy Plaster Casts of Gems in wooden box
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Wooden box with three trays, containing a set of 70 plaster casts of carved gems. A booklet listing the original work for each cast accompanies the set. The cover is handwritten in black ink: Catalogo; the first page is inscribed: Catalogo di 70 Impronte in Stucco scelte dalla Collezione di Pietro Paoletti contenenti 5000, e piu Soggetti. These casts would all have been made by 1835, the date of the letter accompanying the set; the box was sent from Italy to the United States in that year.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Dr. George E. Ellis Boston MA To the Massachusetts Historical Society. Ellis was the president of the Mass. Historical Society from 1885-1894.
Massachusetts Historical Society Boston MA From Dr. George E. Ellis Gift to the Fogg Art Museum 1910.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Title: Collection of Seventy Plaster Casts of Gems in wooden box
Description:
Wooden box with three trays, containing a set of 70 plaster casts of carved gems.
A booklet listing the original work for each cast accompanies the set.
The cover is handwritten in black ink: Catalogo; the first page is inscribed: Catalogo di 70 Impronte in Stucco scelte dalla Collezione di Pietro Paoletti contenenti 5000, e piu Soggetti.
These casts would all have been made by 1835, the date of the letter accompanying the set; the box was sent from Italy to the United States in that year.
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