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Magnum Millefiori with One Hundred Silhouettes
France
Saint Louis, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 inches)
(702401)

Magnum weight in close concentric millefiori pattern; nine concentric rings of millefiori canes in blue, pink, green, and white; incorporating over one hundred tiny silhouettes, including many portrait silhouettes

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Magnum Millefiori with One Hundred Silhouettes<BR>France<BR>Saint Louis, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 inches)<BR>(702401)<BR><BR>Magnum weight in close concentric millefiori pattern; nine concentric rings of millefiori canes in blue, pink, green, and white; incorporating over one hundred tiny silhouettes, including many portrait silhouettes
     
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