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Object NamePaperweight with Millefiori Mushroom

Manufacturer Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Date1846-1855

TechniquePaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.3 cm, Diam (max): 8 cm

Accession Number78.3.83

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Place Made

France, Baccarat

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Millefiori Mushroom. Colorless, polychrome lead glasses; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; cut; millefiori. Paperweight, millefiori mushroom, encircled by a blue and white filigree torsade, star-cut base.
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