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Newel Post

Newel Post

Millefiori Vase
Bottle
 
Print
 
Object Name: 
Newel Post
Department
European
Category
19th Century European
Place Made: 
Francy, Clichy-la-Garenne
Date: 
about 1849-1859
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
assembling
AAT
faceting
AAT
threading
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.3 cm, Diam: 11.1 cm
Accession Number: 
2001.3.228
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless and transparent to opaque multicolored glass, brass; cane slices assembled. Faceted circular finial atop waisted paneled stem atop cylindrical shank. Shank inserted in circular waisted brass mount threaded in interior. Millefiori carpet with central clichy rose encased in colorless finial.
Inscription
698
CAT #4
RL3
Provenance
Tarshis, Dena K., Source to 2001-12-28
Tarshis, Julius, Source to 2001-12-28
Recent Important Acquisitions, 44 (2002) illustrated, p. 225, fig. 21;

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