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Object NameLace Bobbin with 5 Beads
Made FromWood, Thread, Glass, Wire
Dateabout 1850-1900
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueturned, inlaid
Accession Number67.2.16 A
Credit LineGift of Lottie L. Brown
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBrown wood; turned and inlaid. Long, slender, turned form, with one end pierced; the shank with incised rings, inlaid with small lead (?) dots in five alternating rows; short, cylindrical section wrapped with tan thread; ball tip with flared section. Beads: two are colorless with pink inclusions, square with stamped pattern of dots on four sides; one is opaque pink, red, white and blue glass; wound, applied, marvered, almost biconal shape with applied stripes and dots at equator; one colorless, drawn, tooled, rectangular shape; one colorless, square shape with stamped pattern of dots on four sides, areas of rust overall.Provenance
Source
Lottie L. Brown
- 1967-09-07
