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Lampworked Butterfly
France
Baccarat, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)
(702339)

Lampworked butterfly with a deep purple body, black head, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings; encircled by a ring of alternating red and white millefiori canes; star-cut base

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Lampworked Butterfly<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 inches)<BR>(702339)<BR><BR>Lampworked butterfly with a deep purple body, black head, light blue eyes, and multicolored sliced millefiori cane wings; encircled by a ring of alternating red and white millefiori canes; star-cut base
     
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