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Object NamePaperweight

Factory Cristalleries de Baccarat

Factory/Alternate Dupont

Made FromLead Glass

Date1930

Place MadeFrance

Techniquemillefiori canes

SizeOverall H: 3.4 cm, D: 5.3 cm

Accession Number54.3.197

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular form; enclosing five concentric rings of millefiori canes; the first, and outmost, consisting of royal blue/pink/green canes, the next white/green/red canes, the next red/white/pink canes, the next red/white/pink canes, the next green and white striped/pink/royal blue canes, royal blue with white star center canes with blue and white center swirl; concave, polished base.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01