Millefiori Cane

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Object Name: 
Millefiori Cane
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
83.3.212 D
Dimensions: 
(A) H: 7.3 cm, W: 8.7 cm; (B) D: 6.1 cm, L: 3.5 cm; (C) L: 13.1 cm, D: 1.8 cm; (D) L: 13.9 cm, D: 3 cm; (E) L:20.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1983
Credit Line: 
Gift of Cristallerie de Baccarat
Primary Description: 
Black, white, blue, red, and colorless lead (?) glasses. Bundle of long, cylindrical rods; a ring of 15 red, white and colorless "tubes" encircling a large rod enclosing a black rooster silhouette in opaque white, with a scalloped blue border; bound in two places with brass wire; ends of the red rods cleanly sheared, faces of the inner rod polished.

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat, Source

Objects in Set (5)

5 Millefiori Canes
Artist:Cristalleries de Baccarat
Date:1983
Accession Number:83.3.212
Millefiori Cane
Date:1983
Accession Number:83.3.212 A
 
Millefiori Cane
Date:1983
Accession Number:83.3.212 B
Millefiori Cane
Date:1983
Accession Number:83.3.212 C
 
Millefiori Cane
Date:1983
Accession Number:83.3.212 E