Ceramic Souvenir
Description:  Paperweight made by blinded French soldiers. Top has imprinted French 75 artillery gun surrounded by wreaths of bay and oak leaves and 'Manufacture Nat'le de Sevres'  'Atelier des Soldats blesses aux yeux'. Side has Red Cross with wreaths of bay leaves. Bottom marked 'Manufacture Deletat Sevres 1917 G'.  4 1/2" long by 3 1/4" wide by 1 7/8" high.
Text and Photographs © Jane A. Kimball 1989, 2000
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