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Cruciform Pattern Millefiori
United States
New England Glass Company (attributed)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1852-80
Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 inches)
(702368)

Cruciform pattern millefiori canes around a central red cane; single multicolored cane in each quadrant; on a white spiral latticinio ground; sides cut with eight circular printies; top cut with four printies forming quatrefoil with crowsfoot cut between lobes

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Cruciform Pattern Millefiori<BR>United States<BR>New England Glass Company (attributed)<BR>Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1852-80</B><BR>Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 inches)<BR>(702368)<BR><BR>Cruciform pattern millefiori canes around a central red cane; single multicolored cane in each quadrant; on a white spiral latticinio ground; sides cut with eight circular printies; top cut with four printies forming quatrefoil with crowsfoot cut between lobes
     
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