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Scrambled MillefioriFranceClichy, circa 1845-55Diameter: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 inches)(702407)Miniature weight with scrambled millefiori canes Millefioroi Tazza or Wafer DishFranceSaint Louis, circa 1845-55Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 inches) Height: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 inches)(702438)Wafer dish with scrambled millefiori paperweight base; scrambled millefiori canes mixed with colored ribbons and short lengths of white filigree twists; blue and white spiral twist encircling crimped rim of dishA tazza is a shallow dish. It was adopted for letter-writing use in the Victorian Era to store wafers and sticks of wax that were used to seal envelopes and documents, and writers rested the wax seal on it.

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