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Clichy Rose Close Concentric Millefiori
France
Clichy, gilded base dated 1845
Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches)
(702323)
Close concentric millefiori with six rings of millefiori canes in deep purple, green, pink, and white around a pink Clichy rose; fourth ring contains twenty-one pink Clichy roses; fifth ring contains thirteen white Clichy roses; pedestal column of blue and white staves; gilded metal foot (see side view and QTVR) engraved "ESCALIER DE CRISTAL 1845;" (The Escalier de Cristal was a novelty shop in Paris; the mount could have been added at any time)
Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum