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Object Name: 
Button
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Canada, Ontario
Accession Number: 
87.4.33
Dimensions: 
H: 1.7 cm, D: 2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1987
Credit Line: 
Gift of John E. Gooderham
Primary Description: 
Colorless, tan, orange, black non-lead glass, metal; lampworked, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular shape, with tan overlay; cut circular window on top, and five cut oval windows on the side; enclosing an orange- and -black "J" signature cane in the center, encircled by a ring of small cog-wheel canes, each with a "J" (?) at the center, and a ring of gold aventurine, encircled by orange, red-brown and black canes; bottom with brass wire loop.

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Gooderham, John E. (Canadian, 1930-2007), Source
Color: 
colorless
tan
orange
black
Technique: 
lampworked, millefiori, cut
millefiori glass