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French Glass Dome with Porcelain Vase of Silk Flowers
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$500
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Description
21" (53 cm.) The tall glass dome resting on original wooden ebony base conserves a petite porcelain vase with profusely painted decorations and contains a wonderful arrangement of colorful silk flowers of many varieties. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1885, the talents of French artisans created these splendid silk flowers, their color choices, petal shapes, and accents providing apt substitutes for real flowers during cold winter months. Value Points: veritable works of art under glass, this example wonderfully preserved.