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Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Elizabeth II
Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromLead Glass
Date1977
Techniquepaperweight,millefiori;encased molded sulphide,cut
SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 9.3 cm
Accession Number79.3.1
Credit LineGift of Spink and Son Ltd.
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Heads of State
Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
Place Made
France, Baccarat
Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Elizabeth II. Colorless, amethyst, green, pink lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori; encased molded white sulphide, fused murrine; furnace-worked; cut. Domed, circular form; cut circular facet on top, and five on the sides; encasing a molded white female portrait head (Queen Elizabeth II) facing dexter; encircled by a ring of millefiori canes (five rose canes separated by sets of four smaller green and white canes), set onto a domed
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