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Object Name3 Strings of Rosetta Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1800-1972
Place Madepossibly Bohemia; possibly Italy, Venice
Techniquewound
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number73.3.193
Not On View
Physical DescriptionA) Thirteen beads - Rosetta type - short barrels; white core with thinly trailed red and white longitudinal stripes. B) Sixty-four beads - Rosetta type - short barrels; some have a white core and some have a red core; thinly trailed red and white longitudinal stripes. C) One hundred sixteen beads - Rosetta type - short barrels. Mixed red or white cores, same as 73.3.193 A. Last six beads are different, smaller, final bead being blue core with a white core and widely separated by stripes.
Provenance
Source H. Alastair Lamb