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Object NamePaperweight
Maker Fornasa de Muran a l'Insegna
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1960
Techniquepaperweight
SizeOverall H: 12.3 cm, Diam: 9.4 cm
Accession Number83.3.179
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
Italy, Venice
Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome non-lead glass; paperweight. Spherical ball, on a spreading, domed foot; the ball enclosing five flowers (red, blue, green, and two white) formed of clustered canes with central air bubbles, on pulled green and white millefiori stems; rising above a ground of green and red glass chips, with an even pattern of tiny air bubbles; mounted on a heavy foot, spreading at the top, domed at the bottom, enclosing a large black (dark green) gather; applied printed gold paper label with a moor's head and the letters "GF", with the inscription "FORNASA DE MURAN A L'INSEGNA DEL MORETO - MADE IN ITALY -"; polished flat base, with a paper label inscribed "Lord & Taylor/NEW YORK/D17/529/14F/15.00".
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