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Object NamePaperweight

Factory Cristalleries de Baccarat

Factory/Alternate Dupont

Made FromLead Glass

Date1930

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

TechniqueMillefiori canes

SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm, D: 6.7 cm

Accession Number54.3.206

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 a ring of green/white/pink canes at center, encircling a pink/green/white "butterfly" cane; a circle of white/pink/blue canes with a series of five rings of canes; pink/green, red/white/blue/red/white, pink/green, red/ white/green; concave, polished base.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01