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Garland MIllefiori on Filigree
France
Clichy, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 inches)
(702387)

Garland millefiori with five circlets in blue, green, purple, and red canes, each containing a single center cane, encircling a central pink circlet with a green center cane; on a white filigree ground backed with parallel lengths of white filigree twists

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Garland MIllefiori on Filigree<BR>France<BR>Clichy, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 inches)<BR>(702387)<BR><BR>Garland millefiori with five circlets in blue, green, purple, and red canes, each containing a single center cane, encircling a central pink circlet with a green center cane; on a white filigree ground backed with parallel lengths of white filigree twists
     
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