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Object NameCircular Cane Slice
Maker Pietro Bigaglia (Italian, 1786-1876)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1846-1847
Place MadeItaly
Accession Number59.3.32-31
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: circular shape; with central male bust-length portrait, with brown hair, mustache and goatee, in blue military uniform with white braids, a red medal at his throat, and with fur cape showing at his shoulders; opaque turquoise blue background; within purple ring/ring of opaque white rods/blue ring.
Provenance
Source Thomas S. Buechner (American, 1926-2010) - 1959
ring
1200-1499
paperweight
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
1848
paperweight
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
1848
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1920-1950
ring
1200-1499
Mind Over Matter
Richard Jolley
2000