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Object NamePaperweight

Maker George Bacchus & Sons

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1850-1880

TechniqueFused Mosaic G lass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished

SizeOverall H: 15.1 cm, Diam: 9.3 cm

Accession Number83.2.17 B

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

England

Physical DescriptionColorless, red, white, blue lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Oval ball, containing millefiori canes, with a red, white and blue cane at center, surrounded by two rings of lacy white and blue canes, and an outer ring of pink, blue and white canes, encircled by a twisted red and white tape torsade; mounted on a panel-cut stem composed of a true baluster above an inverted baluster, with an air bubble in the center, on a drawn, panel-cut, elaborately ogee-cut foot; star-cut base; paper labels inscribed "56A" and "56B" in ink.
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