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Baccarat Glass Factory (Lorraine, France)
Paperweight glass, a densely packed millefiori weight with a scrambled or macedoine formulation of millefiori cnaes in shades of blue, red, green amd yellow, and white latticinio spirals set in a solid dome of clear glass with a ground flat base.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51087
Creation/Production
Baccarat Glass Factory
Date: 1846-1853
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.7
diam
(cm): 6.4
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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