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Plate (Pope Leo XIII)
Accession # 40.192
Title Plate (Pope Leo XIII)
Date ca. 1893
Medium Glass
Dimensions 1 1/4 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (3.2 x 25.1 x 25.1 cm)
Inscriptions Molded under bust: "POPE LEO XIII"
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Location Visible Storage: Case 21, Shelf C (Pressed Glass)
Description Round frosted pressed glass plate with profile bust portrait of Pope Leo XIII in the center. Rim decorated with colorless reserved registers at the four cardinal points decorated with religious emblems, including (clockwise from top): papal crown, sword, bleeding heart, and papal staff and key. Beaded border fills rim between these registers.