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Object NameOval Cane Slice
Maker Pietro Bigaglia (Italian, 1786-1876)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1846-1847
Place MadeItaly
Accession Number59.3.32-18
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome non-lead glasses; millefiori, sliced. Thin slice of millefiori cane, in geometric designs, portraits, dates and inscriptions: oval shape; central opaque white oval with black date "1846"/encircled by red-and-white- rimmed colorless rods, within a colorless matrix.
Provenance
Source Thomas S. Buechner (American, 1926-2010) - 1959
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designed in 1952
Vizner Collection
František Vízner
2010
tableware
Jan Nemeček
2010
Endeavor
Lino Tagliapietra
2004
scientific instrument
Corning Inc.
probably 1970-1989