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Paperweight
Paperweight, glass, circular form with a scrambled or macedoine formation consisting of to the centre canes in turquoise, red, blue and white irregularly placed and surrounded by alternating turquoise and red canes radiating out from the centre of the base, set in a solid dome of clear class with a rounded base. The paperweight badly fractured with distinct cracks throughout.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51098
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1850-1880
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
glass cane
forming
Applied Art
fused
decoration
Applied Art
embedded in glass
forming
Applied Art
Material
glass
metal oxides
Location
In store
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