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Object NameString of 10 Beads with Pendant and Disk

Made FromGlass, silk cord, pearl

Date1800-1899

Place MadeChina

TechniqueFormed, cut

SizeBeads Diam: 1.2 cm

Accession Number51.6.291 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionString of 10 Beads with Pendant and Disk. Transparent light blue glass; formed and cut. Ten spherical beads carved in abstract design, with (1) an attached pear-shaped aquamarine (?) pendant, cut in planes, mounted in a gilt cap surmounted by a small pearl bead and a red and white stitchery section, and (2) a small openwork disc of mother-of-pearl.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951