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Lampworked Butterfly on a Clematis
France
Baccarat, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)
(702144)

Lampworked butterfly with a deep purple body, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings, hovers over a white and salmon-colored clematis blossom with green leaves and stem

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Lampworked Butterfly on a Clematis<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)<BR>(702144)<BR><BR>Lampworked butterfly with a deep purple body, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings, hovers over a white and salmon-colored clematis blossom with green leaves and stem
     
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