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Paperweight
Paperweight glass, a close millefiori weight with highly packed millefiori canes in shades of red, pink, blue, green and white resting on a base of alternating turquoise and white canes radiating out from the centre, set in a solid dome of clear glass with a flat round base.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51084
Creation/Production
Clichy
Date: 1846-1855 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.6
diam
(cm): 8
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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