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Magnum Spaced Millefiori
France
Baccarat (signed), dated 1848
Diameter: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches)
(702290)

Magnum weight with spaced millefiori canes, including thirteen silhouette canes and one signed and dated cane inscribed "B/1848;" set on a white filigree ground containing blue, green, red, and yellow twisted ribbons; diamond-cut base

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Magnum Spaced Millefiori<BR>France<BR>Baccarat (signed), dated 1848</B><BR>Diameter: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches)<BR>(702290)<BR><BR>Magnum weight with spaced millefiori canes, including thirteen silhouette canes and one signed and dated cane inscribed &quotB/1848;" set on a white filigree ground containing blue, green, red, and yellow twisted ribbons; diamond-cut base
     
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