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Paperweight

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Paperweight, glass, a spaced millefiori weight, to the centre an oval lozenge in red and white containing the date "1815" in blue and red, this lozenge surounded by a circle of millefiori in green, red and pale blue, this then enclosed by two interlocking trefoil garlands of millefiori canes in red and blue, set in a high solid dome of clear glass with a ground flat base.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 51039

Creation/Production

Unknown

Acquisition

Gift, 24/12/1968

Measurements

Height (cm): 5.5
diam (cm): 7.5
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 2

Techniques

Millefiori
Forming
Applied Art
Fused
Decoration
Applied Art
Embedded in glass
Forming
Applied Art

Material

Glass
Metal oxides

Location

In store

Categories

Gwydr | Glass Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art
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