TWO CLICHY GLASS MILLEFIORI COLOR-GROUND WEIGHTS
Lot 289

TWO CLICHY GLASS MILLEFIORI COLOR-GROUND WEIGHTS

MID 19TH CENTURY

Closed11 June 2010

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TWO CLICHY GLASS MILLEFIORI COLOR-GROUND WEIGHTS
Mid 19th century
The first a patterned millefiori set with two interlocking garlands, enclosing a three-row concentric cane center including a row of eighteen white roses; the second a miniature concentric set with two rows of millefiori canes about a central pastry mold cane, both on an opaque turquoise ground
3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm.) diameter, 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) diameter (2)

King Farouk, The Palace Collections of Egypt; Sotheby's & Co., Cairo, 27 March 1954, lot 94 (both).