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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 B

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 together with (1) an attached semi-precious honey-colored stone pendant surmounted by a small pearl bead and red and white stitchery sections; and (2) white mother-of-pearl (?) in openwork.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951