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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Aventurine
TechniqueWound, mold-pressed, lampworked
SizeOverall L: 37.2 cm
Accession Number91.3.150
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical DescriptionSix circular "flower" beads, opaque pink, wound with lampworked aventurine band and trails, roses, and forget-me-nots (yellow center); 30 circular aventurine (two sizes - 16 small, 14 medium); 19 opalescent oblate disks; four opalescent diamond concave disc, mold-pressed; 20 ovoid, pink and light pink striped, mold-pressed; 12 circular transparent pink/opalescent pink, wound; 15 opaque white core encased by transparent dark pink, wound, square ovoid shape.
Provenance
Former Collection Arline B. Oliphant