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Made FromNon-lead Glass
Date1875-1899
Techniqueground, millefior technique
SizeOverall H: 4 cm; Body Diam: 6.4 cm
Accession Number66.6.4
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jason Westerfield
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
China
Physical DescriptionColorless, non-lead glass enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular shape enclosing millefiori canes in close formation; dark blue, light blue and white canes/ red and white canes/ red, pink and white canes/ green, dark blue and white canes/ green and yellow canes/ white, pink and dark blue canes/ and, at lower range many distorted polychrome canes; ground, flat, irregularly circular base.
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tube
about 800-899
paperweight
Cristallerie de Pantin
about 1850-1880
Allegria (Happiness) Bottle
Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks
designed in 1952
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Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
1845-1855
wine glass
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1930