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Object NameBead

Made FromGlass

Date1400-1499 or later

Techniquetooled, with millefiori decoration

SizeOverall Diam: 2 cm

Accession Number54.1.151-4

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

perhaps Italy, Venice; perhaps Netherlands, Amsterdam

Physical DescriptionDeep blue, appearing almost black; slices and chips of opaque white, transparent green, and transparent yellowish brown canes. Slices of preformed canes inlaid in matrix formed around rod; then lampworked. Spherical bead with circular perforation (D. 0.45 cm). Blue matrix contains three slices of rosetta canes and several chips from canes. Slices are: (1) yellowish brown with ribs surrounded by white with ribs, green with ribs, white and brown; (2) green with ribs surrounded by white, brown with ribs, white with ribs and brown; and (3) green with ribs surrounded by white with ribs, brown, white and brown. Chips have combinations of same three colors.
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