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Blown Glass Bottle Shape with Garland Millefiori
France
Baccarat, circa 1845-55

Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches) Height: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 inches)
(702381)

Solid blown glass bottle shape with a garland millefiori paperweight base; two interlocked trefoils in blue and white encircling a ring of white, green, and red canes, around a red, white, and blue center cane; oval-shaped stopper

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Blown Glass Bottle Shape with Garland Millefiori<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches) Height: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 inches)<BR>(702381)<BR><BR>Solid blown glass bottle shape with a garland millefiori paperweight base; two interlocked trefoils in blue and white encircling a ring of white, green, and red canes, around a red, white, and blue center cane; oval-shaped stopper
     
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