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Object NameString of Fancy-Type and Mold-Pressed Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Aventurine
Date1900-1991
TechniqueMold-pressed, applied, wound, lampworked
SizeOverall L: 33.5 cm
Accession Number91.3.123
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Roses in Glass
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Place Made
Czechoslovakia; probably Italy, Venice
Physical DescriptionString of Fancy-Type and Mold-Pressed Beads. Thirteen circular opaque, light blue, applied design aventurine band at equator, roses, forget-me-knots, blue and white cane thread decoration, wound, lampworked, eight colorless with transparent turquoise blue and opaque white and pale blue shaped, barrel shape with raised right at equator, mold-blown; ten translucent clambroth, cone-shape; eighteen translucent transparent opalescent, rhomboid shape; one translucent opalescent faceted; fourteen colorless faceted bicones (assorted sizes); nineteen opaque light blue faceted five sided (cornerless); one transparent pale blue faceted bicone short; one opaque light blue satin disk; five colorless, faceted disks. String on linen.
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