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Paperweight
Paperweight, glass, a dense and irregular millefiori weight composed of highly paced and occasionally distorted millefiori canes in predominant shades of green, pink, purple, blue, orange and white, set in a solid dome of clear glass. Some scratching to the surface.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51077
Creation/Production
Clichy
Date: 1845-1855
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.8
diam
(cm): 8.2
Height
(in): 2
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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