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Spaced Millefiori on Carpet Ground
France
Baccarat (signed), dated 1848
Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)
(702299)

Carpet ground of blue and white star and rod canes; inset with spaced millefiori canes, including five silhouettes and one signed and dated cane inscribed "B/1848"

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Spaced Millefiori on Carpet Ground<BR>France<BR>Baccarat (signed), dated 1848</B><BR>Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)<BR>(702299)<BR><BR>Carpet ground of blue and white star and rod canes; inset with spaced millefiori canes, including five silhouettes and one signed and dated cane inscribed &quotB/1848"
     
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