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Lampworked Butterfly on Clematis
France
Baccarat, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)
(702277)

Small butterfly with a transparent purple body, black head, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings, hovers over a white clematis blossom with green leaves and stem; deep star-cut extends to perimeter of base; cut with six circular printies, one on top

Photo by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum

<B>Lampworked Butterfly on Clematis<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)<BR>(702277)<BR><BR>Small butterfly with a transparent purple body, black head, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings, hovers over a white clematis blossom with green leaves and stem; deep star-cut extends to perimeter of base; cut with six circular printies, one on top
     
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