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Object NamePaperweight on Disk Foot

Maker Whitefriars Glass Ltd.

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1920-1950

Place MadeEngland, Stourbridge

TechniqueFused Mosaic Glass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished

SizeOverall H: 5.2 cm, Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number83.2.19

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

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Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Low, domed, circular form, on a disk foot; enclosing millefiori canes arranged in seven concentric circles: a blue and white cane at the center, encircled by a ring of pale blue canes, a ring of green canes, a ring of red and white canes, a ring of blue and white canes, a ring of brown and white canes, a ring of turquoise (and green) and white canes, a ring of white canes at the edge; the rim of the dome cut; rough pontil mark; paper label inscribed "124" in ink.
Provenance

Former Collection Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1983-06-22