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Spaced Millefiori on Filigree
France
Baccarat (signed), dated 1847
Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)
(702303)

Spaced millefiori canes, including twelve silhouette canes and one signed and dated cane inscribed "B/1847;" set on a white filigree ground containing red, yellow, blue, green, and pink twisted ribbons

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Spaced Millefiori on Filigree<BR>France<BR>Baccarat (signed), dated 1847</B><BR>Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)<BR>(702303)<BR><BR>Spaced millefiori canes, including twelve silhouette canes and one signed and dated cane inscribed "B/1847;
     
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