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Close Concentric Millefiori on Gilded Base (side view)
France
Clichy, base dated 1845
Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)
(702323)

Close concentric millefiori with six rings of millefiori canes in deep purple, green, pink, and white around a pink Clichy rose; fourth row contains twenty-one pink Clichy roses; fifth ring contains thirteen white Clichy roses; pedestal column of blue and white staves; gilded metal foot (which could have been added at any time) engraved "ESCALIER DE CRISTAL 1845"

Photo by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum

<B>Close Concentric Millefiori on Gilded Base (side view)<BR>France<BR>Clichy, base dated 1845</B><BR>Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)<BR>(702323)<BR><BR>Close concentric millefiori with six rings of millefiori canes in deep purple, green, pink, and white around a pink Clichy rose; fourth row contains twenty-one pink Clichy roses; fifth ring contains thirteen white Clichy roses; pedestal column of blue and white staves; gilded metal foot (which could have been added at any time) engraved
     
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