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Object NameTea Bowl and Saucer

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1800-1899

Techniqueblown, millefiori, trailed

Size(a,b) H: 5.2 cm, D: 12.9 cm; (a) H: 4.2 cm, D: 9.5 cm; (b) H: 2.5 cm, D: 12.9 cm

Accession Number91.3.104

Credit LineGift of Mr. Louis Lyons

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Place Made

probably Italy

Physical DescriptionTransparent dark blue, opaque white, opaque yellow non-lead glasses; blown, millefiori, trailed. (a) Hemispherical cup with flared rim, the bottom slightly convex (inside); trailed blue-and-white twisted cable on the rim; the body made up of a blue matrix with scattered complex millefiori canes (each made up of seven millefiori canes -- of yellow dots arranged around a central yellow dot, within a blue matrix -- in a single row around a similar central millefiori cane), within a blue matrix and encircled with white; trailed blue foot ring; the bottom with slight kick and rough pontil mark; (b) shallow, circular form with curved walls; trailed blue-and-white twisted cable on the rim; the sides made up of a blue matrix containing scattered millefiori canes matching those in (a); trailed blue foot ring; indented base with rough pontil mark.
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