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Star Carpet Ground with Spaced Millefiori
France
Baccarat (signed), dated 1848
Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 inches)
(702312)

Carpet ground of green, red, and white star canes; inset with spaced millefiori canes, including eight silhouettes and one signed and dated cane inscribed "B/1848;" sides cut with four rows of five- and six-sided printies; ten-sided printy cut on top

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Star Carpet Ground with Spaced Millefiori<BR>France<BR>Baccarat (signed), dated 1848</B><BR>Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 inches)<BR>(702312)<BR><BR>Carpet ground of green, red, and white star canes; inset with spaced millefiori canes, including eight silhouettes and one signed and dated cane inscribed &quotB/1848;" sides cut with four rows of five- and six-sided printies; ten-sided printy cut on top
     
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