Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
87.4.29
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.5 cm, Diam: 1.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1987
Credit Line: 
Gift of John E. Gooderham
Primary Description: 
Colorless, red, orange, green non-lead glass, metal; lampworked, millefiori, cut. Domed circular shape, with yellow and white double overlay, cut into the form of a basket with loop handle and cross-hatched sides; the two oval windows below the handle revealing a six-petaled orange flower with complex millefiori cane center, which includes a tiny "J" signature cane; six green sepals; against a white ground; polished white back, with tiny central hole; wire loop missing.
Provenance: 
Gooderham, John E. (Canadian, 1930-2007), Source
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