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Paperweight
James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars (Whitefriars, London)
Paperweight, glass, a close concentric millefiori weight with five circles of millefiori canes in shades of orange, blue, green, red and white, around a central millefiori floret in shades of red, green and white, set in a solid dome of clear glass with a slightly concave base.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51063
Creation/Production
James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars
Date: 1850-1880 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.8
diam
(cm): 8.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
millefiori
forming
Applied Art
fused
decoration
Applied Art
embedded in glass
forming
Applied Art
Material
glass
metal oxides
Location
In store
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