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Paperweight
Paperweight, glass, a close millefiori weight consisting of a scrambled or macedoine formation of millefiori canes in shades of olive, green, red, turquoise, blue, yellow and white arranged on a speckled red and white ground, set in a solid flattened dome of clear glass with a ground flat base. A very bad chip and surface pitting to the upper surface, further bad chipping around the base.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51097
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1930 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.3
diam
(cm): 7.3
Height
(in): 1
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
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