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Double Overlay with Millefiori Mushroom
France
Clichy, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)
(702246)

Double overlay (opaque white overlaid with rose), enclosing a close concentric millefiori mushroom with a pink and white stave basket; grid-cut base; sides cut with five circular printies, one on top

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Double Overlay with Millefiori Mushroom<BR>France<BR>Clichy, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)<BR>(702246)<BR><BR>Double overlay (opaque white overlaid with rose), enclosing a close concentric millefiori mushroom with a pink and white stave basket; grid-cut base; sides cut with five circular printies, one on top
     
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