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Close Concentric Millefiori with Nineteen Clichy Roses
France
Clichy, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)
(702278)

Close concentric millefiori with six concentric rings of millefiori canes in deep purple, pink, green, and white around a pink Clichy center rose; eighteen white Clichy roses alternate with green canes in the second outermost ring; pink and white stave basket

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Close Concentric Millefiori with Nineteen Clichy Roses<BR>France<BR>Clichy, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)<BR>(702278)<BR><BR>Close concentric millefiori with six concentric rings of millefiori canes in deep purple, pink, green, and white around a pink Clichy center rose; eighteen white Clichy roses alternate with green canes in the second outermost ring; pink and white stave basket
     
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