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Lampworked Mushroom
Bohemia (?)
factory unknown, late-nineteenth century
Diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 inches)
(702477)

Opaque white mushroom with top overlaid with deep rose; white flecks in rose top; algae-like green ground with tiny bubbles; sides cut with six circular printies, one on top

Photo by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum

<B>Lampworked Mushroom<BR>Bohemia (?)<BR>factory unknown, late-nineteenth century</B><BR>Diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 inches)<BR>(702477)<BR><BR>Opaque white mushroom with top overlaid with deep rose; white flecks in rose top; algae-like green ground with tiny bubbles; sides cut with six circular printies, one on top
     
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