Skip to main content

bead

Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Aventurine
TechniqueLampworked, wound
SizeOverall L: 36.0 cm
Accession Number91.3.145
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Physical Description16 opaque yellow circular, wound with applied decoration of roses, blue forget-me-nots, aventurine trails and band, lampworked; 35 transparent pale yellow circular (some shiny surface, some matte); 22 transparent amber, some with facets, some plain, wound; two opaque light yellow circular; four ovoid transparent light amber, faceted; two transparent yellow bicone, faceted; 52 transparent amber cylindrical spacers with slanted edges; one ovoid triangular pale yellow opaque; one yellow spiral fluted cylinder; one transparent amber convex cone dish. Strung on linen.
Provenance
Provenance information not currently available online. Please check back in the coming weeks.
Monumental
Francesco Ferro
about 1880
stained glass
Donald MacDonald
about 1897