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Object NameSquare Cane Slice
Maker
Pietro Bigaglia
(Italian, 1786-1876)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1846-1847
Place MadeItaly
Accession Number59.3.32-2
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: square shape with rounded corners; four-sided white geometric device at center, with white arrows at the sides; colorless tube through the center, encircled by a nine-pointed blue ring; red stars in the arrows; the arrows and central device outlined in red and greenProvenance
Source
Thomas S. Buechner
(American, 1926-2010) - 1959
1700-1725
about 1820-1835
