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bead

Object Name31 Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1850-1910
Place MadeItaly, Venice
Size(A) 2.6 cm x 1.6 cm (average size); (B) 1.8 cm x 1.2 cm
Accession Number73.3.186 A
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionSurface decorated, pseudo millefiori - cylindrical with solid white core with black, yellow, red and white applied millefiori-type design: yellow or red eye and yellow longitudinal bands at random and black and white combing.
Provenance
Source H. Alastair Lamb
inlay
about 300-50 BCE
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
plaque
25 BCE-99 CE
fragment
99-1 BCE (possibly earlier)