Once a quantity of millefiori canes was produced, they were combined into a variety of patterns limited only by the ingenuity of the artisan. To create a paperweight, a design of canes was arranged in a metal ring, and a gather of molten glass on the end of a pontil rod was brought down upon the design. The canes adhered to the molten glass. The rod was repeatedly dipped in glass until an adequately thick lens was produced over the millefiori design. While still plastic, the glass was blocked and shaped. Slightly cooled to a stable state, it was broken off the pontil rod and placed in an annealing oven to cool slowly.

This graphic illustrates the process of making a paperweight containing millefiori canes.
Step A: Slices of canes are arranged in a pattern in a concave steel mold
Step B: A gather of molten glass is lowered onto the mold and picks up the preheated canes.
Step C：the first gather is turned upright; a second gather of clear glass is attached to form the dome; The gather is clipped off the pontil with shears.
Step D: The gather is turned over; the dome is shaped and smoothed in a wooden block. The paperweight will be cut off the remaining pontil rod and the base smoothed or pattern-cut.

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Types of millefiori canes
This graphic illustrates some of the many types of millefiori canes that make up millefiori designs in paperweights.

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