bead

Object NameString of 62 Beads

Made FromGlass

Date1850-1910

Place MadeItaly, Venice

SizeOverall L: 31.5 cm (estimate); Individual Beads H (max): 1.3 cm, Diam (max): 0.9 cm (estimate)

Accession Number70.3.156

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary
Modern
Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionSurface decorated, pseudo Millefiori - small cylindrical beads of medium blue opaque, decorated with surface eyes in isolated pattern. Eyes consist of a darker blue patch providing the background for a white-trailed circle; each bead usually has four to six eyes.
Provenance

Source H. Alastair Lamb