Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Concentric Millefiori Paperweight

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)

Date3rd quarter 19th century

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Paul and Irene Hollister

Object number97.41.14

Terms

Flowers
Colorless
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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DescriptionThis is a colorless glass set with a central cane and four concentric rings of canes. The central cane consists of a green and white red-centered flower surrounded by six white flowers and an outer ring of blue flowers. The canes of the innermost ring each consist of a central red, white, and blue flower cane set within a white and yellow-green tube that is surrounded by eight star canes alternately set within red and blue tubes. The canes of the next ring duplicate the cane at the center of the weight. The canes of the third ring each consist of pink and white star centers set within green tubes surrounded by eight pink flower canes set in white tubes. All but one of the canes in the outermost ring has a central blue and white flower cane set within a red tube surrounded by six white and green flower canes with pink centers set in white tubes - the exception has a center cane with a blue and white six-pointed star.