bead
Object Name6 Hexagon Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1845-1950
Place MadeItaly, Venice
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number70.3.127
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description(A) Three beads - Millefiori flattened hexagons - isolated eyes on a black ground with white and black canes running longitudinally at intervals; not densely packed; circular eyes pressed into surface of blue, white, red (with tiny white dots), white and light blue; black core; (B) two beads - Millefiori flattened hexagons - alternating bands of millefiori and bands of plain green longitudinal (four bands of each); foliated eyes in blue, white, blue, white, red on a yellow ground; with black outer ring giving a regimented appearance; black core; (C) one bead - Millefiori flattened hexagons - crude millefiori eyes of various types scattered over green core.Provenance
Source
H. Alastair Lamb
