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bracelet
bracelet

bracelet

Object NameBracelet
Made FromGlass
Dateprobably 1500-1995
Techniquegathered on a metal rod, rotated, transferred
SizeOverall W: 0.9 cm, Diam: 6.4 cm, Th: 0.6
Accession Number95.1.52
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Place Made
probably Ottoman Empire
Physical DescriptionBlack glass, with opaque white, opaque green and opaque yellow patches; probably gathered on a metal rod, which was rotated rapidly, causing the glass to assume its present annular form; transferred from the rod to a tool with a cone-shaped end to cool; decorated with pieces of preformed cane. Bracelet, with flattened semicircular cross-section. Outer surface decorated with five equidistant, rather irregular patches, each with three transverse stripes: wide green, flanked by narrow white and yellow.
Provenance
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bead
Mr. Larteh
1900-1972
bead
1880-1950
bead
about 450-650
Vittorio Costantini
about 1985-1989