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Cinquefoil Garland Millefiori
France
Clichy, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 7.6 cm 3 inches)
(702380)

Garland millefiori with a light blue cinquefoil garland, encircling three concentric rings of green and purple canes; fourteen pink Clichy roses form a second ring around a white center cane; pink and red canes spaced between lobes; star-cut base; sides cut with five large circular printies; circular facet cut on top

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Cinquefoil Garland Millefiori<BR>France<BR>Clichy, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7.6 cm 3 inches)<BR>(702380)<BR><BR>Garland millefiori with a light blue cinquefoil garland, encircling three concentric rings of green and purple canes; fourteen pink Clichy roses form a second ring around a white center cane; pink and red canes spaced between lobes; star-cut base; sides cut with five large circular printies; circular facet cut on top
     
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