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Lampworked Butterfly on Filigree
France
Baccarat, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)
(702338)

Lampworked butterfly with deep purple body, black head, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings; encircled by a ring of alternating red and white composite millefiori canes; on a white filigree ground

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Lampworked Butterfly on Filigree<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)<BR>(702338)<BR><BR>Lampworked butterfly with deep purple body, black head, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings; encircled by a ring of alternating red and white composite millefiori canes; on a white filigree ground
     
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