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Signed Close Millefiori
France
Baccarat (signed), dated 1846
Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 inches)
(702437)

Close millefiori, including one signed and dated cane inscribed "B/1846;" sides cut with three rows of five- and six-sided facets; eight-sided facet on top

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Signed Close Millefiori<BR>France<BR>Baccarat (signed), dated 1846</B><BR>Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 inches)<BR>(702437)<BR><BR>Close millefiori, including one signed and dated cane inscribed &quotB/1846;" sides cut with three rows of five- and six-sided facets; eight-sided facet on top
     
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