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Object NamePaperweight
Factory Cristalleries de Baccarat
Factory/Alternate Dupont
Made FromLead Glass
Date1930
Techniquemillefiori canes
SizeOverall H: 3.7 cm, Diam: 6 cm
Accession Number54.3.162
Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
France
Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular form, enclosing four spaced concentric rings of multi-colored millefiori canes, with a single oblong cane in the center dated 1848; outer ring alternating deep blue/white and white/red/blue canes; next ring is of feathery white/green/red canes; third ring of blue/red/white/green canes; inner-most ring of red/white canes; concave, polished base.


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