bead

Object NameStrand of 184 Striped Beads

Made FromGlass

Date1850-1910

Place MadeItaly, probably Venice

SizeEach Bead W: .2 cm, D: 1.2 cm

Accession Number70.3.295 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOne hundred eighty-four beads; deeply embedded stripes; thin wheel-shape beads with red and black and white stripes on a black core; the stripes are not trailed or surface applied, but are rods which penetrate almost to the core of the bead.
Provenance

Source H. Alastair Lamb