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Object NamePaperweight Fragment

Maker George Bacchus & Sons

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1850

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

SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm, W: 7.8 cm

Accession Number81.2.6

Credit LineGift of Rachel Russell

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

England, probably Birmingham

Physical DescriptionColorless, blue, opaque white, pink, green lead glasses; millefiori, encased overlay, paperweight. One-half of a domed, circular shape, split vertically; enclosing a mushroom of closely-packed millefiori canes, within a blue and white overlay, with millefiori canes laid onto the sides, and extending partway up, the blue and white overlay open at the top; within another gather of colorless glass and another blue and white overlay; all encased in further colorless glass; polished concave base.
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