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Turquoise Overlay Mushroom Millefiori
France
Clichy, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)
(702467)

Double overlay (opaque white overlaid with deep turquoise), enclosing a close concentric millefiori mushroom with a pink and white stave basket, including one white and eleven pink Clichy roses; grid-cut base; sides cut with five circular printies

Photo by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum

<B>Turquoise Overlay Mushroom Millefiori<BR>France<BR>Clichy, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)<BR>(702467)<BR><BR>Double overlay (opaque white overlaid with deep turquoise), enclosing a close concentric millefiori mushroom with a pink and white stave basket, including one white and eleven pink Clichy roses; grid-cut base; sides cut with five circular printies
     
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