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Object NamePaperweight

Factory Cristalleries de Baccarat

Factory/Alternate Dupont

Made FromLead Glass

Date1930

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

Techniquemillefiori

SizeOverall H: 3.8 cm, Diam: 5.8 cm

Accession Number54.3.161

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular form enclosing four rings of millefiori canes; the first and outermost ring consisting of red/white/green canes, the next white/green/red canes, then white/red/green canes, the last white/green/red canes, encircling an opaque white crimped solid cane bearing the date 1848; concave, polished base.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01