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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen, Foil
TechniqueLampworked, drawn
SizeOverall L: 40.3 cm
Accession Number91.3.288
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description21 foils, long barrel shape, band of "painted" silver foil encased in transparent turquoise blue, trail of opaque cobalt blue at equator, lampworked; 57 circular transparent cobalt blue, faceted, drawn. Strung on waxed linen.
Provenance
Source Arline B. Oliphant - 1991-07-03
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946