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Object NameOval Cane Slice

Maker Pietro Bigaglia (Italian, 1786-1876)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1846-1847

Place MadeItaly

Accession Number59.3.32-15

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

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 inscription "CAPO/D'ANNO" ("New Year")/the oval rimmed with red/20 tiny white stars with grey disk centers in a colorless matrix.
Provenance

Source Thomas S. Buechner (American, 1926-2010) - 1959