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Millefiori Wafer Dish
France
Saint Louis, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 inches) Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)
(702439)

Wafer dish with pattern millefiori paperweight base; outer ring of multicolored millefiori canes encircling a ring of five spaced white canes, around a central pink, white, and green cane; pink and white spiral twist encircling rim

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Millefiori Wafer Dish<BR>France<BR>Saint Louis, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 inches) Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)<BR>(702439)<BR><BR>Wafer dish with pattern millefiori paperweight base; outer ring of multicolored millefiori canes encircling a ring of five spaced white canes, around a central pink, white, and green cane; pink and white spiral twist encircling rim
     
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